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...anyone hoping to give up Tommy's runs and late-night stops at Store 24 shouldn't count...
...receiving side, the handshake may be a form of souvenir collecting. My father used to keep a framed photograph of himself shaking hands with the young Richard Nixon, the two of them beaming at each other; my father posted a little sign at the bottom of the picture: COUNT YOUR FINGERS. Historical continuities: Brooke Astor, now 97, remembers the day when, as a little girl, she shook the hand of Henry Adams. I recall the day when I was a child working for the summer as a Senate page and the aged Herbert Hoover visited the Senate chamber...
...daylong ABC News coverage of the millennial turnover, anchored by PETER JENNINGS. President Clinton is expected to address the nation near midnight, potentially bumping other programming off the airwaves. Clark--who has been host of New Year's Eve specials for the past 27 years--is still scheduled to count down the traditional ball drop in Times Square, but he won't be producing entertainment segments. "I've been relieved of those duties and just assigned to the ball," says Clark, who declined to discuss specifics about the network's decision. Guess that's one fellow...
...technology is not enough. Just as critical are changes in attitudes and lifestyles. Brad Allenby, AT&T's vice president for environment, safety and health, believes our move from the industrial age to the information age could help enormously. At last count, he says, 29% of AT&T's management force telecommuted, meaning less reliance on cars. This, Allenby speculates, could be part of something bigger--a shift in our view of what enhances our quality of life. Maybe we'll put less value on things that use lots of materials--like three cars in the family driveway--and more...
...taken government pollsters longer than expected to count votes because the turnout was so high, but the tallies Monday had the ruling party candidate, Guatemala City mayor Oscar Berger, with a 1 percentage point lead over newcomer Alfonso Portillo, of the opposition Guatemalan Republican Front. Portillo, however, has an excellent shot at taking the December 26 election, because he's likely to absorb the 7 percent of voters who favored the candidate of a Marxist party fielded by ex-guerrillas. While Portillo's party, like the ruling party, is considered right-wing and is run by a former military dictator...