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...process will probably begin with a phone call from Starr to Gingrich with the news that a report is on its way. Since Congress is scheduled to be in town for just four more weeks between now and November, actual impeachment proceedings almost certainly couldn't happen this year. But if Starr has a report to deliver, the House will be forced to deal with it. "We can't just sit on it until January," says a senior House Republican. And so, within days of Starr's notification, the Speaker will bring a resolution to the House floor limiting access...
What would happen next is unclear. Members of the Republican leadership, like Boehner, have suggested that Hyde could hold "informational hearings," bringing forward a full parade of witnesses, in order to make Starr's findings public without having to proceed directly to an impeachment inquiry. But Hyde said last week that "I don't know what the hell an informational hearing is." And others close to the process predicted that the committee was more likely to release a sanitized summary of Starr's report...
Ambitious dreamers may wonder: What would happen if one were to spend $80 million procuring all possible combinations--in other words, 80 million different tickets? Well, you could win $295.7 million if no one else picked the winning number. Or you could split it with, say, 10 other winners and lose $50 million. In this imaginary scenario, "you're guaranteed to win something," explains Arnold Barnett, a statistician at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "but will you recoup your investment? That depends on how many other people...
Which, of course, can happen with tickets to bad musical theater too. The way to approach lotteries, experts will tell you, is to spend enough to amuse yourself and never more than your budget allows. If last week was a measure, it's a lesson many have yet to learn...
...Kiss your mall goodbye"? Yeah, right. It will happen as soon as the radio replaces the newspaper and the computer eliminates paper. GEORGE DAVIS Macon...