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Conscience? If this was a vote of conscience, what are we to make of Congress's other votes? Votes of pocketbook and partisanship? One would expect members of Congress to vote their consciences -- i.e., to decide what is in the best interest of the country -- every time...
...potatoes. In a time of recession, diners are still serious about what they eat, but they look hard at their wallets before perusing the menu. Aware of this, restaurateurs are combining ingenuity with unpretentious ingredients to come up with dishes that are easy on both the palate and the pocketbook...
...maybe in the pocketbook. Betting action on Monday night's game has been heavy, with the 49ers favored by four points at Harrah's Reno SportsBook in Nevada. But, says a SportsBook official, "that's just the San Francisco home- field advantage talking. In a neutral stadium this would be a pick-'em game." Just about perfect for the game of the year...
Though Feinstein entered the campaign as a solidly middle-of-the-road Democrat, supporting abortion rights and the death penalty, she spoke about the possible need for a state income tax increase, and her last-minute "pocketbook" appeal to the party's traditional labor and minority constituencies came too late. While she attracted 58% of the women's vote, she was hurt by low minority turnout. But few believe the Governor's race will be her last hurrah. Democratic Senator Alan Cranston, caught in the tangles of the S&L scandal, announced last week that he is suffering from prostate...
...this audience, the welfare chiseler is an icon of moral theft rather than a real challenge to the pocketbook. (Welfare in Louisiana is stingy; aid for dependent children takes only 2% of the state budget.) Duke's people are affronted by the thought that large bodies of blacks are getting something for nothing, or actually being rewarded for irresponsibility (or crime). Ronald Reagan got great mileage from a mythical "welfare queen." Duke has a true story he tells to even greater effect, developing it to apocalyptic dimensions. He gave me one of its shorter versions...