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Among the items hurled at California Governor Pete Wilson last week were oranges (he caught one and threw it back), eggs and ugly epithets. "Liar! Coward! Shame! Shame!" cried the protesters at Stanford, where Wilson was delivering a speech marking the university's centennial. Surrounded by police in riot gear, he plunged through a 10-minute address, unheard by much of the audience of 4,000 over the catcalls of 300 protesters from gay-rights groups like Queer Nation and ACT UP. Over the clamor, Wilson offered the observation that "this is neither the time nor the place for fascist...
After the Pentagon announced that it had sent a few hundred Marines to Guantanamo Bay naval base in case the 15,000 American citizens in Haiti had to be evacuated, spokesman Pete Williams quickly explained that it was only a precaution. The U.S. had "absolutely no interest" in using force, he said, and added, "I don't think we are going to have to carry out an evacuation...
CALIFORNIA GOV. Pete Wilson got scared last week. He saw long-held White House hopes wavering after rankling his conservative supporters just a bit too much in compromising on this year's budget. So he ran for cover...
...does unfair millionaire recruiting, Pete Wilson does damage to gay rights for political ends, and the Harvard Jobs Program does nothing...
Pentagon officials concede that some men were suffocated but say it is impossible to provide an accurate tally of those who died in that grisly manner. Of the Iraqis stationed in the trenches, 2,000 surrendered. "The rest," said Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams, "chose to stay and fight." < Pointing out that the operation did not violate international rules of engagement, he added, "There is no nice way to kill somebody...