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...Suppose that you are a venerable Douglas fir somewhere in the wilderness of the Pacific Northwest. And further suppose that your upper branches provide home and shelter for the endangered spotted owl. And then one day you hear the sound of approaching chain saws. The owls start to flap around you in alarm. And then you see the lumberjacks approaching your trunk, and you realize that the foreman of the crew is actually Elvis...
...flap over Quayle also diverted attention from the Administration's attempt to blame the Democrats for the deficit and the sickly economy. Introducing the Administration's midyear economic review, Budget Director Richard Darman blasted Congress for failing to enact Bush's economic program, including his proposals to reduce the capital-gains tax and give first-time homebuyers a $5,000 tax credit...
...shut up. But not Mario. The New York Governor, who only three weeks ago equated Clinton with Bush as he chided both candidates for being "unspecific" (despite the fact that the Democrats have never had a nominee so willing to enunciate programmatic solutions), last Wednesday sought to keep the flap alive by suggesting a Sister Souljah summit at which Jackson, Clinton and Souljah would "reconcile the situation" for "the sake of the country." Someone "has to sit them down," said the slam-dunking Cuomo, who quickly feigned lack of heft for the mediator's job. "I don't have...
Students running for the 10 atlarge positions said the recent flap involving the Foundation is foremost not only in their minds but also in voters'. And that means the elections, which will take place today and tomorrow in undergraduate dinings halls, will shape future campus debate...
PERFECT, THAT IS, only for those interested in keeping baseball in Seattle. Despite lip service to the contrary, local ownership has never been a priority for Major League baseball, as was demonstrated again in the flap created by Minoru Arakawa's nationality. He and the potential investor--Nintendo, owned by his father-in-law--are Japanese...