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Antarctica has long been viewed as the remotest of continents, buried beneath millions of tons of snow and ice, miles from its nearest neighbor, and "doomed by nature . . . never once to feel the warmth of the sun's rays," in the words of 18th century explorer Captain James Cook. Even scientists studying the way the earth looked hundreds of millions of years ago have tended to ignore this solitary landmass. So it came as a surprise to many researchers last week when a pair of American geologists reported that Antarctica may not always have been so distant. In fact, about...
...bombshell. Not because the offer has the remotest chance of being accepted. President Bush promptly called it a "cruel hoax," and British Prime Minister John Major redundantly labeled it a "bogus sham." But Iraq for once was pointedly not boasting about making American and other allied soldiers drown in their own blood, not spurning all talk of a cease- fire with contempt, not claiming that Kuwait is and always will be the country's 19th province...
...them, Wisconsin Congressman David Obey: "Daniel Ortega is a fool and always has been." Despite Bush's initial outburst, the Administration's response otherwise remained low-key. That was due in part to a realization, as a senior Administration official put it, that "there's not the remotest chance Congress will okay the restoration of lethal aid." Congress abolished such assistance in February '88, later approving $49 million for food and medicine...
However, such a mistake as I made Wednesday seems to bely excuses. Wouldn't someone with even the remotest interest in college football know about the Notre Dame-USC battle...
...Washington people always suspect ulterior motives. The town briefly buzzed with rumors that Baker was maneuvering to get the vice-presidential nomination. Aides to George Bush scoffed at the scuttlebutt. So did Baker. "There isn't even the remotest possibility that such a thing will come about," Baker told TIME. "It's something I don't expect and don't want. I'm doing nothing to promote that...