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Lieutenant Flap, a black soldier with an outsize Afro, joins Beetle Bailey. Three Southern newspapers refuse to run any Flap strips...
...handling the sale of their parts of the Whitewater acreage. The story was denied by representatives of the firm, who had some logic on their side: Would they select a part-time college kid to deep-six something really damaging when they could have done the deed themselves? That flap followed in the wake of a Washington Post report that Hubbell was the subject of an internal investigation by his old firm into alleged overbilling of clients, including the RTC. Hubbell denied any wrongdoing, and was stoutly defended by Attorney General Janet Reno...
...sure, some of the conflicts between blacks and Jews have been false; but a false comity is not much better than a false conflict. Not every fight is the result of misunderstanding. There are fights that are the result of understanding. In the wake of the latest Farrakhan flap, the positions of many black leaders are more clearly understood. In some cases, this is for the better. In many cases, it is for the better. We do not need to honor each other as brothers. We need to honor each other as citizens...
...home of one autistic family had a "well-used trampoline, where the whole family, at times, likes to jump and flap their arms...
Last Friday afternoon, President Clinton talked in the Oval Office with TIME White House correspondents Margaret Carlson, James Carney and Michael Duffy. On Clinton's desk was a hardcover book, The Culture of Disbelief by Stephen L. Carter, with the jacket flap folded in as a place marker. He appeared relaxed and spoke softly...