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...idea of launching a campaign to make New Yorkers more polite. Talk about cockamamie ideas! What are they -- crazy? Do they think this is Illinois or Idaho or someplace? In the first place, the whole idea of a booster organization is as foreign to New York as Girl Scout cookies. (Yes, I know that thousands of Girl Scout cookies are sold every year in places like Queens and Staten Island. You think I'm a farmer or something?) I have never heard of a New York Chamber of Commerce. If it exists, I suspect it spends most of its time...
...crisis of the moment by getting rid of the scoundrel of the hour. Experts on Iraq have conjured up a number of post-Saddam "succession scenarios" that would be no improvement on the current situation. "There are people waiting in the wings who make Saddam look like an eagle scout by comparison," says a top U.S. intelligence official...
...young sergeant is lying prone in the sand, the butt of his M-16 rifle tucked against his shoulder. It is late afternoon in the Saudi Arabian desert. The sergeant's squad is manning a defensive line while several officers scout the top of a nearby hill. The officers are deciding where to position antitank weapons that could turn the road below into a shooting gallery if an Iraqi armored column moves along...
...savings and loan scandal did more than bring tears to the eyes of the President's third son last week. Suddenly, through the lens of one man's life, the larger saga of an industry gone corrupt snapped into sharp resolution. The grief that crossed the fresh, Boy Scout face of Neil Bush struck a human chord of sympathy. But it also created a moment of clarity, defining the situation...
...team's financial affairs. Every school got $7,000 in seed money from the race's sponsors, and most raised many thousands more. But Michigan's team gathered nearly $800,000. Not only is its Sunrunner computer-designed and wind-tunnel-tested, but it is also assisted by a scout vehicle carrying weather-forecasting equipment and by a rolling metal shop (complete with lathes and drill press) to help make any needed repairs. The Michigan racers have a computerized map of every traffic light and speed zone along the course, a film crew and a public relations manager...