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...question of Hillary Clinton's Senate run is all over but the announcing. The First Lady will set up an exploratory committee in early July, which means she's firmly committed to getting some people together next month to look into it -- and telling her competition to scram. "It's clear she is running," New York representative (and faithful Hillary bridesmaid) Nita Lowey told the New York Times after an orchestrated call of abdication to the First Lady. "It's time for me to move...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shock! Hillary Is (Almost Definitely) Running | 6/3/1999 | See Source »

...doing in Havana? And why does he walk the streets sunk in gloom, a parody Russian, wearing that heavy overcoat? One question at a time: Havana because he's looking into the death of a colleague (the Cubans, fed up with Russians, want him to identify the body and scram--but no, Renko investigates); the sweltering coat because it is a last gift from his wife, dead of medical bungling in Moscow. The story is all amiable, well-told bosh, ending with an attempted military coup engineered (it's hard to explain) by a familiar-looking fellow in fatigues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Havana Bay | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

...Quantitative Reasoning Requirement (QRR) simply forces the computer illiterates to cram and scram. And although the Core Curriculum takes painstalking measures to help students appreciate the aesthetic of thought, it directs little effort towards the aesthetics of modern technology...

Author: By Darshak M. Sanghavi, | Title: Tech Beyond the QRR | 10/4/1989 | See Source »

...goods--it's got an extra large head, and it drools a lot, just like you wanted. I used Big Bertha for this one, man, I think your gonna like this baby...now scram I think...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: Cabbage Patch Currency | 4/16/1987 | See Source »

...thought--King Specials! Scram, scum," he cries after a quick examination of the jockeys. With a swift kick in the shins he rolls the fop across the cobblestone lane, secure in the feeling of a job well done...

Author: By Daniel S. Benjamin, | Title: Semper Ubi Sub Ubi | 9/28/1982 | See Source »

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