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...Buchanan keeps on torturing the Dole team, it has itself to blame. Reed and Pat's sister Bay Buchanan were in near cahoots for months trying to force Phil Gramm out of the race. In an astonishing string of secret deals, Reed released dozens of pro-Dole votes in the Alaska caucuses to ensure that Buchanan beat Forbes there; he gave his O.K. when top Louisiana Republicans asked about backing Buchanan in the caucus fight with Gramm; and he handed over thousands of names and addresses to Buchanan in Louisiana (and 12,000 names in Iowa) to help him strike...
Anyone could write these toss-aways. But only McCartney was writing Yesterday, an instant-classic melody that boasted an unusual seven-bar chorus and producer George Martin's string-quartet underscoring. Anthology 2 has two archival gems: the song's first studio take, with Paul calling out chords to the sidemen, and its first public rendition, to which he brings a Liverpudlian tang ("Now it lukes as though they're here to stay") and a choirboy's urgent purity...
Jennings opened his remarks with a string of jokes before moving on to various aspects of his career...
...invade Taiwan to disrupt its peaceful environment. Investors will be jitterish. Markets will be wobbly. No economy can absorb such a protracted beating." Taiwan had been hit by economic problems before the crisis with China began last summer. The highly speculative real estate market was hit by a string of collapses and bounced checks, affecting both the stock market and the bank sector. Taiwan's main stock index has fallen about 13 percent since June. Taiwan does however have a strong economy to help minimize the damage. The island of 21 million people is the world's 14th-largest trading...
...Crimson dropped the first game, 15-9, but not before junior co-captain David Cho made sure his opponents knew he had returned. After recovering from reconstructive wrist surgery earlier in the season, Cho severely sprained his ankle. Last night marked his first home game since his string of injuries began...