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...participants grew so tiddly from the toasting that they forgot where they put the cornerstone. Though the Charleston newspaper story of 1792 suggested it was in the southwest corner, the truth is we do not know today which is the cornerstone. White House staff members of our era tried radar, X rays and even some noted dowsers to find the treasure. The experts all chose different stones, and the Presidents have never let workmen cut into any of them. The mystery is likely to live on. Seale, ever the realist about the past, suspects that a bunch of rowdies...
...Democrats are sounding kinda negative about George W. Bush. They're using Jelly's language. Interested parties are filing nasty little amicus briefs all over the media, their viciousness flying just below the ethical radar - not traceable, in any case, to the Democratic candidate himself, who is off working on merit badges in health care and sizzling monogamy. The word being delivered by Gore's helpers - maliciously, humorously - is that the governor of Texas, the Republican nominee for president of the United States, is "a f------ moron...
...picture in particular may be to blame: A photo of President Clinton exchanging a handshake with the Dalai Lama reportedly piqued Chinese officials? interest (it's on page 84, for those of you lucky enough to see one of the 8,000 copies that apparently slipped under the censors? radar...
...another factor is the rising cost of gasoline. "All of a sudden people are saying, 'Oh, my gosh, what a horrible price to fill up my tank!'" says Senator Richard Bryan, a Nevada Democrat who is pushing for tougher gas-mileage rules. "Fuel economy has crept back onto the radar screen...
...have no positive effect, the U.S. and Britain remain militarily engaged against Iraq by policing the "no-fly" zones they have declared in northern and southern Iraq. Although these zones aren't recognized by the United Nations, allied planes bomb Iraqi air defenses at the first hint that ground radar is locking on, supposedly to help keep Saddam on the defensive so that he can be overthrown. But while nobody's expecting that to happen any time soon, the bombing policy does create opportunities for Baghdad's campaign to end its isolation...