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...officer means that the chances of there being a collusion or a plot afoot is even more remote, because every time you get a new accuser, the chances of innocence go down mathematically. So while the military is being very cautious and saying innocent until proven guilty, the lid was clearly on his coffin with several nails in it already. This latest charge is just the super glue." Look for the sparks to fly next Thursday when testimony resumes...
...Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms' fiasco in Waco. The Justice Department, the ATF and the FBI have been totally compromised, and their leaders are doing the White House's bidding. Obstruction of justice, not pursuit of truth, now seems to be the FBI's specialty. When the lid finally blows off, the media will have to account to the American public for their soft-pedaling. DAN WISMAR Wadsworth, Ohio...
...those CCs. When Charles Wang lifted the lid on his system at Computer Associates, corporate paranoia gushed out in torrents as employees blanketed the company with CCs. No decision was too small, no change too minor not to notify everyone remotely involved. "It had turned into the biggest cover-your-ass thing you could imagine," says Wang. "People would send these things just so they could say, 'But I copied you on that.'" Now companies such as SmithKline Beecham are tightening the spigot by encouraging employees to limit the number of CCs they send. At Ernst & Young, systemwide messages...
...homage and mourning now under way in China, all those currently holding senior office--and the many who are unimpressed by these leaders and would dearly love to serve in their stead--will be sharing at least one thought in common: How on earth will we keep the lid on all this now that Deng is gone...
...best seat in the house for Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" wasn't for sale: it would have to have been suspended directly above the piano. Since Previn was conducting and playing, he found it necessary to remove the lid of his $100,000 Bosendorfer Imperial, yet by removing it he ensured that all his glorious sound would travel straight up, not out into the audience...