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NO COMMENT Crack That Whip A letter printed in The New York Times from Peter Heimann, a quality process engineer at AT&T: *'In the article about changes in management strategy at Sears ... I was...

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...From an article in The New York Times quoting Robin Reed, executive director of the Museum of the Confederacy, on the museum's Confederate ball: "Reed said he was not sure why all the guests were white...
...Who Knew...
...Poetic Justice From an article in The New York Times on Barbara Adams, the juror who was removed from the Whitewater case for talking to the media about her Star Trek uniform: "She wore the Star Fleet uniform on Thursday for the ninth time in nine court sessions...
...The judge [removed her] for giving a TV interview about the maroon-and-black costume complete with a phaser, tricorder, and communicator badge...
...Rucci expresses very well the difference between a country club and an exciting, vibrant, successful organization . . . such as where I am now...
...Martha Boltz, a fourth-generation member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, said, 'I don't see why pride in heritage has to be limited to one group.'" Power to the People A story in the Chicago Tribune datelined Trenton, New Jersey: "Angered by an animal-welfare group's attempt to prosecute a man for bashing a rat to death in his garden, the state senate unanimously voted to repeal rats' rights...
...Georgia's new prison chief said . .. 'My goal is for the prison experience not to be a pleasant one...
...One of those long white iilk dresses with sequins in it,' said Holmes, who re-: noved the boy from the day-care center...
...Sisyphus as Role Model An Associated Press story datelined Atlanta: "Declaring that a third of the state's prisoners "ain't fit to kill...
...I was especially impressed by the quotation from Anthony J. Rucci, the executive vice president for human resources and administration...
...repaid the Air Force $182,000 after a government audit found the defense contractor increased spare-parts prices for the huge C-17 cargo plane...
...For instance, the firm charged the Air Force $8,842 for a door hook the report said was worth $389...
...Finally, the people get a victory over the rats.' said Senator Wynona Lipman...
...I'm from the :old school,' Holmes said...
...Submissions cannot be acknowledged or returned...
...McDonnell Douglas Corp...
...They can roll through rugged, rural areas to get to marijuana fields or up to the front door of a drug house...
...Straight Home From School An Associated Press item datelined Boston: "When a high-school teacher told her social-studies class she "was a lesbian, one student was so upset she was forced to transfer to a private school, the teenager's parents claim...
...Oregon: "Oregon police agencies Thursday got nearly fifty tons of armor to use in their war against drugs...
...Instead, he found six-year-old Gerald wearing a dress and playing house...
...That's the age-old question...
...It approved legislation Monday that would exclude rats and mice from protection under the state's animal-cruelty laws...
...1 Stoners Beware From the Statesman Journal of Salem...
...There he was with this long 'iress on that a little girl wears...
...Some six-year-old child does -iot need to be exposed to wearing dresses...
...Please send original clippings or photocopies and give name and date of publication...
...The discussion went on for several minutes before she just had to ask the question: 'Are you saying "flea bargain" or "plea bargain"?' she asked the prosecutors...
...No job is too insignificant even if it's 'digging large holes or ditches, then filling them in, only to dig it up again.*" The War at Home An item in The Christian Science Monitor...
...New Vestment Dave Phipps of Durham, North Carolina, quoted in the Chicago Tribune while attending a conference on Christian nudists: "One of the things we're trying to get across is clothes don't promote Christianity...
...A compelling place to work does not mean a nice place to work,' he said...
...McDonnell Douglas said the increases were due to high start-up costs for the items...
...We want people to feel some degree of anxiety, the stress of achievement-oriented people.1 Mr...
...In the interview Wednesday with American Journal, Adams, a : thirty-one-year-old print-shop supervisor, said she is a devotee of the series because it is an alternative to "mindless television.'" Poetic Justice II From a story in The Commercial Appeal of Memphis, Tennessee, on jury selection in the Whitewater case: "Risa Gayle Briggs, a fifty-four-year-old prospective juror from North Little Rock, listened intently as others in the courtroom discussed a prosecution tool and whether this tool was good for the judicial system and society as a whole...
...Deputies take advantage of infrared cameras to help detect objects in heavily forested areas during their annual marijuana-eradication expeditions...
...The Oregon National Guard rolled out two light armored vehicles . . . designed to withstand attacks from almost any munitions short of missiles or rockets...
...Jeannine and Thomas Jenei are seeking $359,571 from the town of Brookline—including $300,000 for emotional distress—saying their daughter Johanna was denied her right to a public education.^ Straight Home From School II From an Associated Press story datelined Baltimore: 'Henry Holmes went to his son's day-care center ^Thinking he'd find the boy painting or playing with blocks...

Vol. 60 • May 1996 • No. 5


 
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