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...Along" and the title story, are sensitive and wicked observations of family life (and death). "Jamboree" is an absolute beauty. The story's young narrator--who lives in his sister's garage and takes care of her hideous baby which looks like it's fashioned from ground beef--is sketched without any of the sentimentality that usually characterizes such portraits. If it were a novel and if Sedaris were British, it would be short-listed fro the Booker Prize...
Federal health officials recommended that at least some of the nation's ground beef be irradiated to kill off virulent new strains of bacteria. The Food and Drug Administration has approved irradiation of poultry and some dairy products...
...even with 750 workers who service life-support and mechanical systems still on strike, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration vowed to launch the space shuttle Columbia on time Friday at 12:43 EDT. The strikers-- who watched scab workers file in today--walked out Tuesday because of a beef with EG&G Florida Inc., which holds NASA's $1.9 million base-operations contract.parpar
...price list offered a sliding scale of intimacy with the President. Those who paid the basic price of $1,500 a plate got a seat with 2,100 other people in the Washington Hilton ballroom to hear President Clinton speak, plus their choice of entree, either Iowa beef or Maine salmon. The 500 fatter cats in the group, who gave at least $10,000 apiece, got the bonus of an invitation to the White House for a reception. But the really big givers, those who wrote checks for between $50,000 and $100,000, gained admission to cozy cocktail parties...
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