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...then it was too late. Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams made an effort to minimize the embarrassment -- to little avail. "There are a lot of arms sales going on in the world that we don't like," he told reporters, "but that doesn't mean we have the legal authority to stop them." Nonetheless, Williams said, the Navy made every effort to track the Dae Hung Ho. "It would have been nice to have found it," he added...
Allow us to briefly remind the University family of its church's magnificent offerings in choral and instrumental music, its abiding value to all who avail themselves of Daily Morning Prayers, the Church Schools, the unparalled preaching of resident and visiting nondenominational clergy and the pastoral care of both clergy and support staff. The Church is host to the offices of the United Ministries and others, and to a continuum of baptisms, weddings and burials...
...GORILLA. Timmy, a 497-lb. silverback gorilla from the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, left his mate Katie last week for a fling at the Bronx Zoo with four breeding beauties. Animal-rights activists fought the temporary move, but to no avail. They argued that Timmy is being used as a stud pony and not being treated as a "sensitive male." Katie, who is infertile, will be entertained by Oscar, a silverback from the Topeka Zoo, until Timmy returns...
...also got a public reprimand from George Bush for breaking the law. After that, you sought to meet with him, but to no avail. Why do you suppose he won't meet with...
Some families would be better able to avail themselves of the system because they could afford the transportation costs of commuting to another school system, she said...