TIDBITS & OUTRAGES
TIDBITS & OUTRAGES IF YOU WANT AN INDULGENCE, PRESS 1. IF YOU WANT A DISPENSATION, PRESS 2. IF YOU ARE CALLING FROM A ROTARY PHONE, DIAL 0 AND A CLERIC WILL BE WITH YOU SHORTLY To help reduce...
...After The New York Times published a story about a 75-year-old woman who ran a radio show for the residents of the Daughters of Israel Geriatric Center in West Orange, New Jersey, the FCC threatened a six-figure fine and temporarily padlocked the station because its signal could be detected beyond the center’s property...
...Among the reasons cited were complaints from travelers about flies buzzing through the passenger cabin and live chickens stored in the overhead luggage bins...
...FREQUENT FLIES PROGRAM Aeroflot, the state airline of the former Soviet Union, finished in last place in the 1990 Zagat Airline Survey...
...AND OUR KIDS WOULD BE SPEAKING ARABIC Campaigning in New Hampshire, President Bush said that if it weren’t for his decision to go to war against Iraq, “Saddam Hussein would be in Saudi Arabia and you’d be paying 20 bucks for a gallon of gas0 I i ne...
...Clinton later apologized for the comments, saying, “I meant simply to imply that Governor Cuomo is a tough, worthy competitor...
...YEAH, BUT HE’S STILL IN THE TOP 200 The los Angeles Times reported that investment adviser Steven D. Wymer made Nelson Publications’ list of “the 100 best money managers” shortly before he was indicted on 30 counts of securities fraud...
...WOULD YOU BELIEVE 999 POINTS OF LIGHT...
...AND WHEN I SAID THAT CLINTON SLEEPS WITH THE FISHES,” CUOMO EXPLAINED, “I MEANT SIMPLY TO IMPLY HE HAS A DEEPLY FELT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY...
...On one of the phone tapes released by Gennifer Flowers, Bill Clinton made remarks implying that Mario Cuomo acts like a mafioso...
...TIDBITS & OUTRAGES IF YOU WANT AN INDULGENCE, PRESS 1. IF YOU WANT A DISPENSATION, PRESS 2. IF YOU ARE CALLING FROM A ROTARY PHONE, DIAL 0 AND A CLERIC WILL BE WITH YOU SHORTLY To help reduce its $90 million budget deficit, the Vatican now offers a 1-900 number in the United States, where callers pay $1.95 a minute to hear a message from Pope John Paul II...
Vol. 24 • March 1992 • No. 3
