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...inquiry -- Rear Admiral John Gordon, the Navy's judge advocate general, and Rear Admiral Duvall ("Mac") Williams Jr., commander of the Naval Investigative Service. Both promptly disputed the report. Williams and Assistant Navy Secretary Barbara Pope had a "screaming match" in which Williams compared female Navy pilots to "go-go dancers, topless dancers or hookers...
...Smith has every right to speak his opinions, but freedom of speech does not in any way mean that a newspaper is obligated to print every advertisement it receives. Peninsula is not obligated to run an advertisement for Planned Parenthood. The Rag could rightfully refuse an ad for a go-go bar. Similarly, The Crimson is perfectly within its rights to refuse certain political advertisements, or any advertisements, for that matter...
...housing sector, which accounts for one-fifth of U.S. industrial output, was one of the first industries to collapse under the weight of the recession. Last year, following the building boom of the go-go 1980s, housing suffered its worst decline since World War II: new home starts plunged 15%, to 1 million units. But with falling interest rates and the lure of tax credits enticing consumers back into the market, the industry is showing surprising signs of rebirth...
...recession in Japan springs from the go-go days of the 1980s. From January 1985 to December 1989, the Nikkei stock average shot up from 13,136 to 38,915, fattening Japanese stock portfolios with tremendous paper profits. At the same time, the real estate market was so hot that corporate land holdings were typically more valuable than the factories built on them. And since 59% of all Japanese own their own homes, the great surges in real estate values made nearly everyone feel wealthier. Many companies and some individuals began to borrow vast sums of capital...
...GO-GO GORILLA. Timmy, a 497-lb. silverback gorilla from the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, left his mate Katie last week for a fling at the Bronx Zoo with four breeding beauties. Animal-rights activists fought the temporary move, but to no avail. They argued that Timmy is being used as a stud pony and not being treated as a "sensitive male." Katie, who is infertile, will be entertained by Oscar, a silverback from the Topeka Zoo, until Timmy returns...