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STILL DEAD, THOUGH Pol Pot died of an overdose, not a heart attack as Cambodian officials claimed last April, according to the Far Eastern Economic Review. The late dictator swallowed tranquilizers and antimalarial pills upon discovering that a Khmer Rouge comrade, Ta Mok, planned to turn him over to the U.S. for trial. Ta Mok offered to make Pol Pot available in March, the article by journalist Nate Thayer claimed. But U.S. officials declined, saying they needed more time to prepare to arrest...
MICHAEL LUTIN, Vanity Fair: Too small to be a planet? Nonsense. Planet or iceball, Pluto has the power to bring about life-changing transformations. It can turn jerks into geniuses, so there's still hope for the scientists...
...wrong way--and endeared herself to the First Couple--with her scorched-earth responses to legal challenges during her six years at the White House. When a congressional committee was probing the Clinton Administration's use of a White House database, in 1997, Mills was accused of failing to turn subpoenaed documents over to the committee. Indiana Republican David McIntosh asked the Justice Department to investigate her for possible perjury and obstruction of justice. (Justice says the referral from the Hill is still being evaluated.) Last week, White House sources say, Mills toned down the civil rights aspects...
...million book contract JUDITH REGAN is offering her. Regan is the saucy HarperCollins editor known for making gravy with such authors as Rush Limbaugh and Wally Lamb. But, says the First Lady's lawyer, Robert Barnett, "for now, Mrs. Clinton is not considering any book offers. She will not turn her attention to that before 2001." In fact, some speculate that Hillary could command well over $5 million if she decides to spill the beans. Why is Regan prepared to pay so much? "The most valuable political property is her book, if she does it," says Regan. "Hers would...
...Turn to the index of this memoir from the 60 Minutes correspondent, and under the entry "Donaldson, Sam" you'll find this subheading: "physical appearance of." Stahl describes her Watergate rival as resembling "a long-lost brother of Mr. Spock." Reporting Live is more engaging as an amalgam of such observations and tidbits than it is as a chronicle of Stahl's assignments during the '70s and '80s. The book also succeeds as a compelling portrait of a mother-daughter relationship: Dolly Stahl's a lot more quotable than Roger Mudd...