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...dismal news, at least a little, by promising to make available two books regularly read by students at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry: Quidditch Through the Ages (Scholastic; 56 pages; $3.99) by Kennilworthy Whisp, and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Scholastic; 42 pages; $3.99) by Newt Scamander...
...toward spectacular acts of self-destruction. The party's smart money last year settled on George W. Bush precisely because he was thought immune to the party's traditional suicidal impulses, to "extremism in the defense of liberty," as Goldwater called it, and to ideological seppuku as practiced by Newt. Bush may yet prove tougher, smarter and foxier than some previous Republicans...
...they didn't think it would cause them to go to Hell. Meanwhile, Phil Gramm's body literally jiggled as he applauded. They just don't make cowboys the way they used to. Halfway through the speech, I realized that some guy named Dennis Hastert was sitting in Newt Gingrich's chair next to Dick Cheney, then I went back to ignoring...
...Internet, no matter what happens in the courtrooms of San Francisco. The pioneering file-sharing software programs, Napster and Gnutella, have given birth to an impressive array of hybrids and clones. There's Napigator, with its headphone-wearing reptile logo; BearShare, featuring a teddy with headphones; Newtella, starring a newt with...you guessed it. The whole scene is starting to look like a Muppet Show special sponsored by Koss...
...billion bbl. of oil in Area 1002. In 1989 the Senate Energy Committee was ready to authorize drilling when the Exxon Valdez disaster spilled almost 11 million gal. of oil, polluting more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan shoreline. The bill was shelved. Six years later, during the Newt Gingrich era, Republicans pushed another bill, but President Clinton vetoed...