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...this, of course, revived talk about Burton's idiosyncratic investigatory techniques, the most famous example being his assumption that by shooting at pumpkins in his backyard, he could prove that Vincent Foster was murdered. (Burton did not anticipate that the pumpkin-range episode would make him look ridiculous, some students of his behavior believe, because he failed to realize that in humans other than himself what's inside the head bears no resemblance whatsoever to what's inside a pumpkin...
...done anywhere other than Burton's committee, may have been wondering if declaring the subject within the purview of, say, the Agriculture subcommittee on livestock, dairy and poultry would be seen as too much of a stretch. The Clinton are just not easy to be caught by a pumpkin head...
...Burton thinks the White House bugs his phone. Dan Burton is so convinced Vince Foster was murdered that he brought a pistol into the backyard of his Indiana home and reenacted the crime -- reportedly with a pumpkin standing in for Foster's head. Dan Burton is so afraid of catching AIDS that he brings his own scissors to the House barbershop and refuses to eat soup at public restaurants. But the man who will do or say anything to nail Bill Clinton suddenly has the worst problem a paranoiac can have: He keeps making more enemies. And they...
...traditional magnet for Buddhist pilgrims, Zenkoji is approached past a long line of shops selling religious artifacts (though, this being Japan, they also offer pink bunnies and nudie telephone cards). Sidewalks brim with tables full of dried apricots and pumpkin seeds and sachets of apple tea. For all its modern accessories, Nagano remains a farmers' town sought out for its pickles, its horseradishes and its homemade buckwheat noodles. Next to the feminine grace notes of a Kyoto, say, the northern city feels a decidedly masculine place. Its colors are brown and black, its aesthetic one of straw and stone...
CAPE CANAVERAL: The Cold War may be over, but that doesn't mean those pesky ex-Soviets are about to adopt American traditions. While his American and Japanese comrades aboard the Space shuttle Columbia chowed down on seasonal fare of off-the-shelf processed turkey, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie Thursday, Ukranian cosmonaut Leonid Kadenyuk opted instead for ? blasphemer! ? a nice juicy steak. NASA had conveniently stashed an extra processed bird in case Kadenyuk changed his mind...