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New York Times From the political party whose leader once popularized that line about the buck stopping here: In an unusual move that reflected the political sensitivity of the episode, the White...
...James F. Marks, MD, MPH Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Dallas, Tex...
...King takes calls from the audience about various topics...
...84 The American Spectator March 1994 With the recent article in The American Spectator, we've had a lot of shows where we've talked about Clinton's alleged affairs, and—and, in fact, by the way, you were mentioned as the only president, we're pretty sure, who didn't have affairs while he was president...
...who should have gone to jail, but plead [sic] guilty and plea bargained for a lesser charge...
...I also know how fragrant a fresh cut tree can be...
...What I don't know is, why am I the only one who seems upset...
...We are not squeamish about using the term prostitute...
...13 J. Wilcox Brookline [February 2, 1994] Larry King Show (Mutual Broadcasting Systems) Larry, Vince, and Hillary: LARRY KING, host: Hey, anything you want to talk about...
...Guess who is on the board of directors of the American Spectator...
...And what about that . KING: Wait...
...Since you have so much faith in the American Spectator and David Brock who was the author of the "hatchet" job about President Clinton, I'd like to present a few asides which The Union Leader will never publish...
...I read the American Spectator story...
...RICH: I want to talk to you fir—the Time man of the year—men of the year, or whatever—but first I saw something on "Washington Week" the other night, and Iwas just wondering if it caught your attention if—in case you weren't watching...
...I know that an artificial tree lacks the je ne sail quoi of a live tree...
...While many work in brothels and are referred to as "direct CSWs" by the Ministry of Public Health's Communicable Disease Control office, many others also work as singers, waitresses, or masseuses...
...for further contributing to the sterilization of the English language...
...I also know that this world needs all the trees we can get and that it takes years for a tree to reach 5 or 6 feet...
...Hold on...
...I know that using a live tree with roots involves extra work and less time that the tree can actually be kept in the house...
...The President's archrival, Bob Dole, was born a Virgo in 1923...
...he is the devoted guardian of the hearth...
...OWENS: Whoa...
...RICH: OK...
...When every...
...Kenrad E. Nelson, MD David D. Celentano, ScD The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health Baltimore, Md [January 19, 1994] New York Times Further politicization of Yuppie science, this time through the op-ed cerebrations of Suzanne White, described by the Times as the "author of three books on Chinese astrology": Tonight at midnight, we ring in the Chinese New Year...
...I know that in Onondaga County there are fantastic options for disposal of a live tree, like collections at local malls or having it made into mulch for your garden...
...A lot of that story dealt with Clinton after he became president...
...The latter are commonly referred to as "indirect CSWs...
...UNIDENTIFIED MAN: To break that story before it came out in The American Spectator...
...In Dog years, the weather calms down and the political climate heats up...
...After reading your editorial for 30 years [sic], I'd say you would be right at home and enjoy every minute of it...
...Good riddance to a Rooster year—notorious for sending us on a harrowing ride to hell and back and then forcing us to start over from scratch—and welcome to the Year of the Wood Dog...
...RICH: He writes regularly for The American Spectator...
...RICH: Welcome, back, Ronn...
...With nonpartisan commentary by Gloria Steinem...
...February 1, 1994] Union Leader (Manchester, NH) Betsey Wright plays her last trump: Addressed to Jim Finnegan: Cheerleader for the American Spectator...
...Anyone else bothered by all this...
...Historians have demonstrated the driving poverty underlying the growth of the sex industry in Thailand, particularly in areas where limited opportunities for gainful employment exist...
...How about that wrinkled bulldog brow as he ponders his next move, the dogged determination to win and the willingness to lead the pack...
...But—did you read the Ameri—I—I want to ask you something...
...KING: What—what on that was verified...
...None other than the father-in-law of Eliot [sic] Abrams, a discredited and self admitted...
...Revealing"—The NY Times...
...It's uncanny: he's the archetypal Leo/Dog...
...In practice, the women referred to in this article have sex with an average of four men per day, at a rate of approximately 100 baht (US $4), for which they received somewhat less than one half of the charge...
...JIMMY CARTER: But anyway, that is an issue that I think Clinton has successfully weathered during the campaign itself...
...In fact, I don't think they're true...
...What about the...
...They did this thing on the Clinton—the Clinton allegations...
...Earlier in the day, the Pentagon had referred all questions to the State Department...
...The four state troopers—were—all their views were aired on CNN...
...Would you really feel comfortable in the company of Eliot Abrams, David Brock, Gennifer Flowers, etc...
...Gee, I know they look beautiful decorated for the holidays...
...I would, however, chastise Nelson et al...
...The motivations for engaging in this work by women are numerous but generally are based on a real need to obtain theeconomic resources necessary for everyday living, not only for themselves, but for their parents, their children, their siblings, and other extended family...
...There are no rules on the Larry King Open Phone America scene...
...JIMMY CARTER: . . . all the allegations were made, people have looked at that, have analyzed it, some believe it, some don't...
...OWENS: Thank you, sir...
...Work in the sex trade is one means of social and economic mobility generally engendered by economic need...
...Bill Clinton, born a Leo in 1946, is a Fire Dog...
...This makes him a Water Pig—more pure than Ivory soap . . . [February 10, 1994] The American Spectator March 1994 85...
...And they said OK, in spite of that, he's the guy we want to be our president...
...Hold it...
...they often do the tree cutting themselves as part of an annual ritual...
...MAN: . . . What about the affair that Hillary Clinton's supposed to have had with Vince Foster...
...OWENS: No...
...Maybe I'll answer that question for you...
...RICH: Happy Holidays...
...The Dog symbolizes caring, protection and justice...
...January 19-26, 19941 The Ruth Koscielak Show (WCCO, Minneapolis) The celebrated Voice of the Great North Woods interviews a moral colossus on the scortatory pursuits of Our President: RUTH KOSCIELAK (host): President Jimmy Carter is our special guest today...
...Sir, have a good time...
...This guy, Brit Hume, apparently writes for The American Spectator Were you aware of that...
...KOSCIELAK: Yeah, he did...
...Because even if they plant two trees for every one they cut, it still is a waste for a beautifully healthy tree to be cut down, decorated, then discarded after a week or so...
...If you don't believe me, watch him bounding, Labrador like, on his morning run...
...Apparently they were pushed hard by Brit Hume who is the White House correspondent for ABC, as you know...
...I know they are raised on a farm just for the purpose of being used as temporary decor...
...Well, he .. . OWENS: Brit Hume writes regularly, or was it perhaps an article that he excerpted...
...I want to tell you—I want to ask you a question about that story...
...Totally unaware of that...
...The worse [sic] part is that naturalists, environmentalists and outdoors people are the worse [sic] offenders...
...But by surviving with a certain girlish grace that cannot be totally taught, even by the wizards of Pro-Serv, Nancy Kerrigan has also reminded people of, yes, the woman who carried on when the Boston Irish prince was murdered, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis...
...None other than Freddie "Beatle" [sic] Barnes who makes . . . seem like a moderate...
...So I don't think these new allegations from this—from the state patrol officers are—are going to be significant...
...A Leo and a Dog: that's our President...
...January 12, 1994] New York Times Another memorable passage from sports columnist George Vecsey, demonstrating why it is increasingly difficult to read this hanky-holder without easy access to an air-sickness bag: By being whacked on the knee, by falling to the ground, by crying in pain, she has subliminally reminded Boston people of, yes, their slain Irish prince, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, who never got to perform the triple axels everybody knew were in him...
...I know that "tradition" is not a good reason for this mass waste of a natural resource...
...King takes other calls after hanging up on this particular caller...
...I have read an article about using a disposed Christmas tree as "shelter" in your yard for wildlife...
...Another writer for the American Spectator is Brett [sic] Hume, a well known Clinton basher...
...December 27, 1993] Journal of the American Medical Association Dr...
...That's where I saw them...
...Hold it...
...Wait a minute...
...77 Mins...
...No one should object to the use of the word prostitute in a medical journal...
...New York Times From the political party whose leader once popularized that line about the buck stopping here: In an unusual move that reflected the political sensitivity of the episode, the White House and the National Security Council referred all inquiries about the shooting to the Pentagon...
...While the term prostitute is certainly more colorful than the sterility of the term commercial sex worker (CSW), prostitute has a decidedly negative connotation...
...So nice to meet you...
...Hey, Rich, good morning...
...Whenever the Dog comes to power, we can look forward to 12 fractious months of recovery...
...In Reply—We use the term commercial sex worker rather than prostitute advisedly in our article describing the epidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among young men in northern Thailand...
...OWENS: And to you...
...The reality of the lives of the women referred to in our article is one in which they sell sex for financial gain in various settings...
...James F. Marks from somewhere in Dallas gets his comeuppance from two urban sophisticates pondering disease and the Division of Labor in cosmopolitan Baltimore: To the editor— I have no statement to make about the scientific content of the article by Nelson et al...
...January 31, 1994] Book of the Month Club An artless advertisement for a new video demonstrates how the Kultursmog spreads its political pollutants: SEX AND JUSTICE: THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ANITA HILL/CLARENCE THOMAS HEARINGS The he-said, she-said controversy is brought to a concise head in this documentary culled from the highlights of the testimonies...
...This certainly is far from the moralistic tone suggested by terms used in dictionary definitions, such as "debauchery" and "licentious...
...What on that was verified...
...February 6, 1994] The Ronn Owens Show (KGO, San Francisco) Ronn encounters Rich of Oakland and is enlightened as to the darker side of American journalism: OWENS: Let's go to Rich in Oakland...
...I VHS (647254): $24.95 [February 1994]Syracuse New Times A polite inquiry from another suave New Age tree hugger: It's the most wonderful time of the year—for seeing hundreds of Christmas trees laying on the side of the road...
...Guess who owns and publishes the American Spectator...
...Observe his tail-wagging, I'm-so-glad-to-see-you grin when he greets his constituents...
...MAN: Well, wait a minute now...
...They didn't want to feel scu KING: No, no, no, no...
...I find the use of the term commercial sex worker just a trifle too bland and a touch squeamish...
...And what about his death...
...Do you think he had anything to do with the David Brock article in the American Spectator...
Vol. 27 • March 1994 • No. 3
