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...rape. Furious, the father demanded to see Saddam himself. Rebuffed, he kept complaining publicly about what Uday had done. After three months, the President's son had had enough. He sent two guards to the man to insist that he drop the matter. Uday had another demand: that the ex-governor bring his daughter and her 12-year-old sister to his next party. "Your daughters will be my girlfriends, or I'll wipe you off the face of the earth." The man complied, surrendering both girls...
DIED. FRANK WHITE, 69, ex-Governor of Arkansas, one of only two people to defeat Bill Clinton in an election; of a heart attack; in Little Rock, Ark. During Clinton's troubled first term as Governor, White switched parties, ran against Clinton in 1980 and won. White was best known for signing a law, later struck down by a federal court, requiring science teachers who taught the theory of evolution to include "creation science...
DIED. ORVILLE FREEMAN, 84, ex-Governor of Minnesota and Secretary of Agriculture under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson; of complications from Alzheimer's disease; in Minneapolis. After supporting Hubert Humphrey's failed bid, he gave Kennedy's nominating speech at the 1960 Democratic Convention. Later, in his White House post, he expanded food aid to the poor and promoted aid to developing nations...
...part, Forrester positions himself as a genial G.O.P. moderate like Tom Kean, the well-regarded ex-Governor. But Forrester may seem too negative. Torricelli-bashing ads have helped so far, but some backers of Forrester wish he would save his attacks. "If you put out all the cards now, people won't want to play later," says G.O.P. assemblywoman Rose Heck. As if ethics weren't enough, Forrester says Torricelli is "reckless" on defense; he heatedly blames Torricelli-backed intelligence rules for the deaths of 1,000 operatives. The charge of soft-on-terror is over the top. Besides, there...
...part, Forrester positions himself as a genial g.o.p. moderate like Tom Kean, the well-regarded ex-Governor. But Forrester may seem too negative. Torricelli-bashing ads have helped so far, but some backers of Forrester wish he would save his attacks. "If you put out all the cards now, people won't want to play later," says g.o.p. assemblywoman Rose Heck. As if ethics weren't enough, Forrester says Torricelli is "reckless" on defense; he heatedly blames Torricelli-backed intelligence rules for the deaths of 1,000 operatives. The charge of soft-on-terror is over the top. Besides, there...