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...short-term memory loss that caused New York City Mayor MICHAEL BLOOMBERG to be caught by surprise last week when reporters inquired about an offhand comment he made to a magazine last year. Before he announced his candidacy for mayor, still possessing the candor of a private citizen, Bloomberg was asked by New York magazine if he had ever smoked pot. "You bet I did. And I enjoyed it," he replied. The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) liked the response so much that it has used it in an ad campaign advocating relaxation of the city...
ELDER DISCOUNTS As baby boomers age, senior-citizen discounts may become a thing of the past. Delta and American Airlines recently eliminated their senior clubs, and the New York Mets have put a stop to their senior dollar days. With 1 in 5 Americans currently over 55, other corporations are also beginning to think about the cost-effectiveness of offering discounts. And experts wonder whether the reduced prices are necessary--today people in their 50s are wealthier than any other age group...
...loya jirga. "The next few months will be an especially fragile period," CIA director George Tenet recently told the U.S. Senate. Pashtun royalists hope people will rally around former King Mohammed Zahir Shah, even though he has returned with the constitutional rights of an ordinary citizen rather than those of a monarch. But Afghanistan's volatile ethnic divisions are just as likely to turn the frail 87-year-old king into a symbol of division than one of peace...
...possibility in everyone's mind that he might be an American, because he spoke English," said General Tommy Franks, the U.S. commander of Afghanistan forces. "I can tell you that at the time he left Afghanistan, we could neither confirm nor deny that he was an American citizen." In January the FBI and Louisiana's state highway patrol started an investigation that tiptoed around the state's strict privacy laws and involved hand searches for birth certificates. It led to one issued for Hamdi by Woman's Hospital in Baton Rouge...
WHAT ARE YOU DOING THESE DAYS? I spend about 40% of my time as a citizen working on national-security and health issues, and about 60% earning a living as a consultant, making speeches, writing books and being a TV commentator...