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...Alene tribe announced plans for a weekly national phone-in lottery, set to begin in the fall, that would feature an initial jackpot of $50 million. Odds are high, however, that lottery officials in several states-fearful that a national lottery could siphon off local gamblers-will try to halt the ambitious venture with a series of legal challenges...
Clinton and Bush Administration officials now admit they knew about Conoco's prospective $1 billion oil contract with Iran. President Clinton nixed the deal by executive order this week. The Houston-based oil firm said today in Senate testimony that it was never told to halt negotiations with Tehran to develop offshore oil fields, despite State Department concerns about Iran's terrorist activities. Senate Banking Committee chairman Alfonse D'Amato (R-N.Y.), who held a hearing on the matter today, said that State Department officials misled the company: "The Clinton and Bush Administrations knew and did nothing," D'Amato...
...conversation grinds to a brief, awkward halt, then takes a turn into the wilderness-into the thicket of this young couple's most intimate concerns and darkest fears. Patti tells Laura, a 29-year-old department store salesclerk, that in her opinion it is O.K. to take birth-control pills on the advice of her doctor to help with pms. Then John, coordinator of family ministry at St. Augustine, says, "Is either one of you jealous...
Apple Computer has accused top Microsoft executives of using blackmail tactics to try to force Apple to drop its copyright suit against Microsoft and to halt the development of competitive software. Threats to withhold the pre-release version of their new operating system, Windows 95, including two made by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates personally, were detailed in a Feb. 13 letter written by Apple chief executive Michael Spindler to U.S. District Judge Stanley Sporkin, who was reviewing Microsoft's antitrust settlement. The next day, Sporkin rejected the settlement, though he wrote that Apple's comments were not considered...
Beware of some of the pitfalls you may encounter on the way. Holding hands on the streets, for example, can lead to gossip and sabotage the situation. Halt for no man, as stopping to talk to friends cools the flames of passion...