1.   But the remarkable recent surge of support for President Clinton following two weeks of lurid allegations and furious counter-charges has produced an especially startling and contradictory reflection.

2.   Ms. Fisher did not allow cold prison walls to prevent her from leveling lurid allegations against others, from her first lawyer to the corrections officers who guarded her.

3.   Anwar was sacked as finance and deputy prime minister and expelled from the ruling party on lurid allegations ranging from sexual misconduct with men and women to treason.

4.   Last month, Paul allowed prosecutors to amend charges that effectively barred Anwar from rebutting lurid allegations of sexual misconduct.

5.   The police say they are taking the book seriously and investigating its lurid allegations.