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Oklahoma Democrat David Boren declared himself "enthusiastic" about his group's handiwork, adding that "it has a chance to become law." And his colleague David Durenberger, a Republican who, like Boren, is not running for re-election, said the proposal "clearly provides the best opportunity in my 16 years ((in the Senate)) to do genuine health reform...
Many other pranks are untractable, though. Mass mailings apologizing for housing lottery gaffes or blanket postering for fake events are nearly impossible to definitively identify as anyone's handiwork. Especially now, when sports teams are getting press for their activities behind computers and Xerox machines as opposed to simply on the court...
Californians were unnerved and seeking a focus for their anger. More than one burned-out homeowner wished aloud that the arsonist had gone up with his handiwork. Governor Pete Wilson compared arsonists to child molesters, offered a $250,000 bounty and requested tougher sentencing. In Washington, as President Bill Clinton promised to help the damaged areas with their "extraordinary expenses," Senator Bob Dole introduced an amendment to the crime bill that would hit arsonists with 40-year jail terms and fines reaching millions of dollars...
Crowley glued the pilfered illustrations tobaroque jewelry-box like constructions, whichexhibited meticulous handiwork and were coatedwith a clear varnish, police said. Police found 12such boxes in Crowley's home...
While serving as an aide to Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, Salem insisted to American reporters that Islam is a religion of mercy. Then he showed them photographs of people with cigarette burns and other marks of torture. Some journalists got the idea he was boasting of his own handiwork...