A dogged lawyer's lawyer lost in the political jungle IN THE NEWS; KENNETH STARR

From: The Independent - London | Date: April 18, 1998 | Copyright information

THE MAN widely regarded as President Bill Clinton's nemesis yesterday intoned a warning that resounded all around Washington. "The end," Kenneth Starr told a gaggle of reporters on the steps of the US Court House, "is not in sight."

Thus did Mr Starr, independent prosecutor appointed four years ago to investigate charges of criminal wrongdoing by Mr Clinton, dash hopes that a judicial inquiry was near conclusion.

Mr Starr, 51, a high-flying lawyer with muted Republican credential...