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...witnesses to inventory the furniture in the presidential study. White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles provides comic relief when he makes his appearance. "Good morning, Mr. Bowles," says his interrogator. "I believe you have a device that you would like to inflate?" No, it wasn't a blowup doll; it was a pillow. And while the grand jurors wait, Bowles huffs and puffs and then tucks the cushion underneath himself...
...room, shining attention on each guest briefly but brightly, a passing Lexus with her high beams on. The occasion was a celebration of Oprah's star turn in the new film Beloved and of her appearance on the cover of Vogue magazine. She posed next to a huge blowup of the cover, bathed in camera light. The woman who once dragged a cart of fat into a TV studio to dramatize her battles with obesity, the nappy-headed girl who grew up poor in Kosciusko, Miss., had become a full-fledged movie star...
...blowup over the Chinese connection has already made it doubtful that Beijing will get Congress to grant it permanent MFN status this year. Even longtime supporters are worried about appearing to be in China's pocket. In Long Beach, California, residents are protesting a city plan to lease the abandoned Long Beach Naval Station to the China Ocean Shipping Company Americas, a firm controlled by the Chinese government. California Senators Feinstein and Boxer, who are ordinarily dependable China boosters, have asked the Pentagon to look into the security implications of the lease...
Gleeful Republicans tried to contain themselves while they gauged how to make the most of the Morris blowup. In Santa Barbara, California, Bob Dole was alternately relaxing and making the occasional campaign appearance in a crucial state he still shows no serious sign of winning. At one of his appearances, a radio reporter's microphone picked up Dole talking to two supporters about the Morris scandal. Said he: "It says something about who you surround yourself with, doesn...
...marriage lasted until 1990, when Morris and Clinton had a blowup during Clinton's last gubernatorial campaign. A friend of Morris' remembers the morning Morris called and told him about the fight he'd had with Clinton the night before. Morris and Clinton had been up late arguing about the race against challenger Sheffield Nelson, who was pulling near with just weeks to go. Clinton complained that Morris was spending all his time with G.O.P. clients while Clinton skidded toward defeat. "Clinton, all I get is grief from my Republicans for doing you," Morris replied. "I'm leaving...