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...between the stats goes on, occasionally drifting into pointlessness. The Republicans claim that Clinton raised taxes and fees 128 times as Arkansas Governor (a figure that includes bogus items such as an extension of the dog- racing season). A Clinton ad boasts that Arkansas has the second lowest tax burden in the nation (a ranking that doesn't take into account a recent $272.6 million state tax increase). A Bush commercial claims that "100 leading economists" say Clinton's economic plan will mean higher taxes and bigger deficits. Clinton replies that "nine Nobel Prize economists" say his plan will create...
...leading a second invasion of Iraq? Some Iraqis think so. But this time, they say, the invading force is a flood of counterfeit bank notes -- Iraqi dinars, as well as bogus American $100 bills. In a letter last month to United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Baghdad accused the U.S. of making a bid to undermine Iraq's economy by directing efforts to smuggle in counterfeit money from several neighboring countries, including Iran, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. At home, Iraqis also joke about being able to pick out "Israeli" and "Kurdish" dinars, according to where the notes...
...really want to be businessfriendly, we would improve efficiency," said Daniel E. Geer, president of the Cambridge Citizens for Livable Neighborhoods. "The argument is that if we take on a leadership role, we'll be anti-business ... That's bogus...
This sort of thinking, which defines individuals solely in terms of all-encompassing racial and ethnic identities, is not new to America or its court system. No doubt it can also be historically validated, especially in the South, where white juries regularly convicted Blacks in bogus trials. The death penalty has also been shown to discriminate against Blacks...
...level in the baby-shower episode. The visiting TV newswomen do surprisingly well in their cameo appearances, delivering quips about such things as balancing career and motherhood. (Says Williams: "I once asked Garrick Utley if he had to make a boom-boom.") But the encounter simply lends a bogus aura of credibility to a show that seems phony at its soul. And why do all the guests at the shower come from the soft-news world of morning TV? Apparently, the hard-news reporters whom Murphy is really modeled after -- Diane Sawyer, Lesley Stahl -- were too busy doing real work...