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...have to come to us," said Albanese. Simpson said he was carrying two family pictures. Albanese alerted the snipers that those were not weapons in his hands. Slowly O.J. extended one arm from the truck. He seemed to step out and then step back in. "You've got to come to us," Albanese called out. Finally O.J. emerged, clutching the pictures. When he reached the door of the house he collapsed into the arms of the officers, looking terribly sad and tired. They took him gently into the living room, gave him some orange juice and waited while he talked...
...Sears settled with the State of California and offered $50 rebate coupons. Then there's Salomon Brothers, whose enthusiastic bond department hoodwinked Uncle Sam by buying more government bonds than it was entitled to. Salomon settled with the SEC for $290 million. Finally, there's Prudential Securities, the brokerage arm of the Rock of Gibraltar, which paid $370 million to settle a multitude of claims from investors who were coaxed into buying some trendy limited partnerships, which limited them to big losses...
...Speaker Wright was famously willing to force House members into line on important votes. His courtly successor, Tom Foley, is more apt simply to gauge their wishes over and over again. The rising generation of younger lawmakers seems even less inclined toward Rostenkowski-style leadership, part back slapping, part arm twisting. The new crowd tends to be more attuned to polls and job preservation. "Dealmakers are willing to take risks, willing to be tough," says Tony Coelho, the former House Democratic whip who resigned in 1989 after reports about misuse of campaign funds. "They're not coming to Congress anymore...
...October, the department announced a three-year initiative to expand the opportunities for women athletes by enlarging the department's annual budget for women's sports by about $250,000. That shot-in-the-arm represented an increase of more than 20 percent in the amount Harvard spends on female teams...
...This band--we've always liked gory low-budgethorror films, like 'Pieces' or 'Demons.' We're allpretty into blood and gore." Matt tries to get meto look at a picture of someone whose arm wasamputated and then grafted on to his face. "Thisis great. Here, look at this. This stuff is great...