Word: mum
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...Chief Military Prosecutor's Office (CMPO) should forbid severing the bow from the dead submarine, as the cut would go through the hole in the hull caused by explosion, destroying forensic evidence that may point to the cause of the deadly accident. So far, the CMPO had kept mum. However, Novye Izvestiya, a well-informed Moscow- based daily, reported Thursday that the CMPO did indeed rule out cutting off the nose section. The CMPO would not confirm nor deny the allegation to the paper. Ironically, should the allegation prove true, it would help those avoiding the truth rather than people...
...Party beginning next week. At an "academy" in Nashville, Tenn., he'll train 25 fresh college graduates to be political operatives, the Times reports. Then it's on to Jersey and Virginia to train more troops on getting out the vote for gubernatorial races. Gore's spokespeople are keeping mum on all this, perhaps still reeling from the sight of their boss looking more like an accountant on the lam from the IRS than a White House-compatible action figure. Or maybe that's just what happens after you teach at Columbia...
...surprise that spouses don't always tell each other everything. But a new poll suggests that it's not extramarital dalliances--or even opinions about partners' waistlines--that spouses usually keep mum about. Of the 4 in 10 Americans who admit to keeping a secret from their husband or wife, most are afraid to spill the beans on the price tag of their purchases. Husbands, it should be noted, were just as likely as wives to lie about how much they spent...
...Bush has largely stayed mum on the issue, sensitive to Detroit?s mortal fear of anything that cuts into its already precarious profit margins. But aggressive CAFE standards wouldn?t bankrupt the industry, and loudly acceding to Democrats? efforts to raise them significantly could surprise Bush?s critics and put the president in a good environmental light - at least outside of Michigan...
...excavates a forgotten musical civilization in which the Beta Band, with its goofy lyrics and ethereal sound, might have felt at home. Like the flower power ditties on 'Nuggets II', which contain lines that have comic value today ("My father's name was dad/ My mother's name was mum/ How can I be blamed/ For anything I've done?,") the Beta Band's songs compensate for their lack of profundity with their attention to harmony and tone. Just as most every track on 'Nuggets II' contains at least one moment where all the instruments come together to form...