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Signet member Ellen J. Harvey '89 says the group could be a useful addition to the community. "I always think the more the merrier," says Harvey, adding that she was "sure that people could belong to both." Harvey said she did not believe competition would be a problem...
...tickets. They seem likely to split the white vote, which is good news for Washington; he won an estimated 98% of the ballots cast by blacks but only about 20% of those cast by whites in the primary. As far as the mayor is concerned, the more opponents the merrier. "I'm going to run against whoever runs -- singly, doubles, triples," said he. "If they can find a fourth person, we'll run against them...
Merchants in Fort Myers are a little merrier about security this holiday season. Eleven police officers in Santa suits, complete with white beards, candy canes and hidden firearms, are patrolling the town's stores, keeping an eye out for grinches who would steal Christmas goodies. Already one Santa cop has nabbed a thief carrying off more than $1,000 in merchandise...
...brigade of would-be successors, all lifelong Democrats, proclaimed that they too might shun the party and enter the fray as independents or even -- horrors! -- as Republicans. Crowed the mayor, whose best hopes for re-election depend on a crowded field: "Monkey see, monkey do. The more the merrier...
...merry Christmas, Bob!" said Ebenezer Scrooge to his clerk Bob Cratchit after waking from his nightmare in Dickens' A Christmas Carol. "A merrier Christmas, Bob, my good fellow, than I have given you for many a year!" America's merchants this year can feel as happy as Bob Cratchit, for consumers are giving them their merriest Christmas for many a year...