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...leak caused an uproar on Capitol Hill, where legislators are looking to cut costs and share burdens. Senator Joseph Biden, a Democrat, scoffed at the idea of "America as 'Globocop.' " At a recent international conference in Lisbon, I found Europeans and Japanese still fretting about the Times's scoop, which they took as proof that the U.S. is bent on giving new meaning to old cliches like Pax Americana and Uncle Sam as the world's policeman...
After several speakers addressed the 40-person audience in front of the parish rectory, the major contributors to the parish rectory, the major contributors to the development ceremoniously shoveled a scoop of dirt in front of the building...
...names continue to crop up in new mutations. I'm known as "Scoop" among my friends because I spend long hours on stories at The Crimson. And somehow, out of the blue, I earned the name "Uels," with no explanation given except that my name ends with those four letters. A little random, but at least it wasn...
Eventually, the buzz saw wore down the polo manager's daughter. She was particularly upset when the Daily Mail in January splashed a scoop of her poolside unwinding in Morocco with Steve Wyatt, 38, bachelor son of a Texas oil tycoon. A cleaning woman had found snapshots of the scene in Wyatt's old flat in London and tattled the tale. Though Scotland Yard impounded the photos -- by all accounts they depicted only innocent fun -- Andrew reportedly hit the roof...
...Queen was said at first to be "very, very sad" about the separation, then "very, very angry." Once again the Daily Mail had the scoop, confirming that Fergie had been quietly pressing for a split since November. The paper also reported that two weeks ago the Queen received her daughter-in-law at a "private lunch" in a last-ditch effort to avert a breakup. "A private lunch with the Queen is supposed to remain private, not pitch up in the papers," fumed a palace official. The condemnation of Fergie as unsuitable was a social death sentence...