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...Walking through the trapezoidal yellow doorway, I found myself charmed by the d?cor and clean, well-squeegeed feel of the place. Luxuriant red tile framed the self-serve soda-machine area, sliced through by a row of white squares with the swaying-palm logo that serves as a visual counterpoint to the chain's trademark yellow zigzag. Above the order counter, in yellow neon script, were the words "Quality you can taste." Framed posters dotted the walls; off to the right, a series of renderings of In-N-Out outlets from bygone eras in the colorful-blur style of that...
...lions seemed a tad catty on a night when the journalists' row stood visibly empty and the networks stood down - those watching Bradley, and then keynoter Rep. Harold Ford Jr., had to flip to stay ahead of the Teddy and Caroline tour of the convention-hall news desks. For Gore, who has many minds still to change, this night of challenging praise may prove bedeviling. Luckily for him, much of America wasn't watching...
...wingding staged in his very own South Philadelphia neighborhood last week. No. 1, he cares too much about serious political discourse to waste time on scripted promises and flying brickbats. No. 2, he was busy handicapping the campaign for the bookmaking operation he runs out of his modest little row house...
Being a bookie is no more uncommon in South Philadelphia than being, say, a pizza-pie maker. Sure, it's illegal. But Max (whose real name is being withheld to protect his operation and Campaign Diary's wager) wonders what's the greater crime: a row-house palooka's supporting his family by offering a convenient alternative to government-run lottery bamboozles, or the fact that American public policy and the Lincoln Bedroom are for sale to the highest bidders...
...venue for this ecoposturing was no coincidence: for the sixth year in a row, automakers are backing a House Appropriations bill rider forbidding the Department of Transportation to study fuel-economy increases. But this year, for the first time, the Senate is forcing a compromise to allow a National Academy of Sciences assessment of the issue. Ford and GM "have definitely seen the writing on the wall," says Senator Slade Gorton, a member of the subcommittee on transportation. "Consumers want cleaner, more efficient sport-utility vehicles...