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...will be remembered as perhaps the most powerful Supreme Court Justice in recent history. But to her clerks, Sandra Day O'Connor was most memorable for her thoughtfulness and utter lack of pretension. She wore a T shirt, for example, that proclaimed I'M SANDRA, NOT RUTH, to poke fun at advocates who would confuse the court's two female Justices. She attended her clerks' birthdays and weddings whenever she could; at one, she asked the groom's father for a ride. The car was packed, but when he tried to make her take the front seat, she insisted...
Suddenly, the Administration began listening. In 25 years of jawing over arms control, the supremely suspicious Soviets have steadfastly refused to permit foreigners to poke around their most sensitive military installations. Although Gorbachev's proposal was deliberately vague, the hint that the Soviets might be willing to lower their guard and allow on-site inspections persuaded Reagan to reconsider his flat refusal to talk about a test ban. Last week the President sent Gorbachev a letter, described by White House aides as "conciliatory," suggesting that experts from the two sides meet to discuss the verification issue...
Jeeps left over from the war, 1955 Chevrolets, 1953 Czech-made Skodas and armies of dilapidated jalopies jounce and judder through the broad avenues of Rangoon, Burma's capital. In the distance, red-brick Victorian steeples poke up among the golden domes of the pagodas, and along the road, great white-columned English mansions stand empty like haunted houses, their walls mildewed, their gardens overrun with weeds, moisture dripping from their eaves. In the Strand Hotel, a grand monument to colonial decay, ceiling fans turn lazily above a lost-and-found case still stuffed with pince-nez, ladies' compacts...
Lithgow was still able to poke fun at his non-traditional path to Commencement Day speaker. A history and literature concentrator during his years at Harvard, Lithgow said he kept his Harvard degree a secret while trying to find work as an actor...
After moving back east, he was hired by Newsweek to write a weekly column. This writing experience led him to create his own website, borowitzreport.com, which he soon expanded to feature a short, fake news story every day that people could use to poke fun at the absurdity of the news...