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...The winner of this year's contest...
...Suharto has a chance to go down in history as a leader with vision if he takes bold moves to allow for greater political expression...
...Fast-Food Frenzy An A.P...
...Kenosha's Peter Kopitzkie...
...There are some people who can't get a job...
...While in prison, [Wayne] Drummond sued then-sheriff Coolidge Conlee, who had removed the testicles from Drummond's home, preserved them in formaldehyde, and displayed them for about two weeks on his desk...
...Arkansas Justice From an A.P...
...quoted in the Chicago Tribune, from a speech he made at a fundraiser for Cook County state's attorney Jack O'Malley: "I'm not so sure that public hangings don't have a place in society...
...with 250 pounds on his five-foot-eleven frame, denies that he's a glutton, i know it's unhealthy if you do it all the time...
...They got to eat...
...Boyd in the Anchorage Daily News of Anchorage, Alaska: "The deltoid muscle atop a woman's upper arm generally is the better developed of her arm muscles, because that's the one she exercises most in fixing her hair...
...story datelined Little Rock: "A convicted rapist who was castrated by masked men while awaiting trial [in his home] should be freed from prison because his guilt is questionable and his mutilation punishment enough, governor Mike Huckabec said Friday...
...Please send original clippings or photocopies and give name and dare of publication...
...Animal Slander Idaho Republican Representative Helen Chenowelh quoted in a wire-service story on a plan to reintroduce grizzly bears in her state: "They are schizophrenic, manic-depressive animals...
...The case was eventually settled for $110,000...
...Community Service Robert Phillips, president of RP Coatings Company, quoted in an investigative story in the Cleveland Plain Dealer on the company's use of welfare recipients, the elderly, and the disabled in the inner city to assemble screws and washers on a piece-work basis for less than the minimum wage—work that often cut up their fingers...
...twenty-one, as she waited outside the drive-up window of a Taco Time next door...
...I don't want them at all in Idaho...
...It's a sad commentary, but what if these people didn't have this to do...
...But a political magazine needs to present a wider range of thought and activism from a more representative group of people, not only those with the time, money, connections, skill, and/or confidence to do it...
...Cosby seeks help in finding ex-wife a job to make her self-sufficient...
...For the past three decades he has overseen unprecedented growth and prosperity in his nation of 200 million...
...Cracking down on labor unions trying to raise extremely low wages could fuel resentment and ultimately trigger more rioting...
...Kopitzkie...
...For two davs the machine—which cost NASA $1.75 million to fly and Coke $750,000 to build—mixed carbonated water and syrup, but wouldn't pour the finished product...
...I always felt good about it...
...Don't Tell Steffi Graff_ From a column by L.M...
...Submissions cannot be acknowledged or returned...
...scarfed down thirteen brats with the works...
...Your Taxes at Work From The Washington Post: "Shuttle Endeavour astronauts Daniel Bursch and Marc Garneau spent nearly two hours fixing the new Coca-Cola soda fountain, which had not been cooling properly, resulting in too much fizz...
...Clarence Mertz says the city should ban the event on religious grounds because it epitomizes one of the seven deadly sins, to wit: gluttony, it is a gluttonous affair...
...I felt I was helping the people survive...
...Moments later, police arrested Taletha Hurd...
...Frontiers of Sportsmanship Former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka...
...Readers are invited to submit No Comment items...
...But just for one day...
...Even though they're not making big bucks...
...Nobody takes a ball bat to anybody's head...
...it's fun...
...Bratwurst Crusade From an editorial in the Wisconsin State Journal: "A former Sheboygan city attorney is asking the Sheboygan city council to outlaw the bratwurst-eating contest conducted during the city's annual Bratwurst Davs festival...
...Divorced Man Seeks Exit_ Classified ad in the Bangor Daily News of Bangor, Maine: "J...
...But if Suharto continues to snuff out opposition, he may leave a legacy of violence and economic decay...
...Free Diagnosis From an article on dentistry in the Health section of the Albuquerque Journal: '"A lot of times, if someone has been sexually abused, I can tell by how thev hold their tongue," [Albuquerque dentist Leah] Lauren said...
...story from Lebanon, Oregon: "A woman who found hamburgers in her to-go bag rather than the chicken she ordered Tuesday crawled through a McDonald's drive-up window, tossed food and drinks at employees, and destroyed a cash drawer...
...Wanted: Bad Writers From a staff-written memo published in Z magazine: "Yes, some people, for whatever reason, are 'good' at writing and are a joy to read...
...It is irreligious,' says Mertz...

Vol. 60 • November 1996 • No. 11


 
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