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...Mount Laurel scouts contend that of the final cookie cut, they're getting only crumbs. Last year the 400 scouts sold $111,000 worth of cookies (up to 100 boxes each). The troops' take: $15,000, or 40[cents] a box. But the baker got $30,000, and the Pines council got $66,000, which goes toward services and programs. This year the troops asked for 60[cents], with a guarantee to sell an average 110 boxes a scout. The council countered with 45[cents], throwing in incentives like patches, or 50[cents] without the extras. No deal. Looks like...
...rate, the burden of protecting privacy, Grove and his peers contend, lies with cell phoners. "Is everyone entitled to a reasonable expectation of privacy?" asks Grove. "Absolutely." But that right, he says, doesn't extend to those who haven't bothered to get scrambling equipment or one of the new (and much more secure) digital phones. "If you take your clothes off, close your eyes and walk down an airport concourse shouting, 'Don't look at me!,' you might have an expectation of privacy," he says. "But is it reasonable...
...House that is not above auctioning off the Lincoln Bedroom, an obvious question arises: Would it take a nine-digit campaign contribution to get the nine-digit number? White House spokesman Michael McCurry insists it is not for sale at any price. As for Clinton's informal advisers, they contend they won't be following the example of Dick Morris--cashing in on their access and taking credit for every successful White House move. Leopoulos, for one, won't even be at this week's Inauguration. The $150 cost of an Inaugural Ball ticket is too steep, he says...
...Jones' supporters, the issue is whether the President is above the law. Duke law professor William Van Alstyne says a ruling for Clinton would be "monarchy on the installment plan." Jones' lawyers contend that her case is not about dollars--she has said she would give any damages money left after she paid her attorneys to charity--but reputation. "It's had an emotional toll on her that people are calling her a bimbo, trailer-park trash, a gold digger," says Jones' lawyer, Joseph Cammarata, who argues she should not have to wait until 2001 to begin clearing her name...
Over the past 15 years, the Saudis contend there has been a pattern of Iranian subversion against Saudi Arabia. The tactics have ranged from bringing agents in on rubber boats to smuggling them across the Yemeni border. Riyadh says some infiltrators are employed in or near Saudi military installations; others have allegedly agitated radical elements of the Shi'ite community...