TIDBITS AND OUTRAGES

...of at least $30 million by bribing a general in Israel to help sell jet engines there, the Pentagon barred GE from initiating or renewing engine contracts for five days...

...GOD, THAT WOULD HAVE TEMPTED US When Ross Perot appeared on “Larry King Live” the night after announcing that he would not run for president, Cher called in and told Perot, “I’m willing to give up everything I’m doing” if he would re-enter the race...

...READ OUR LIPS: NO NEW EXCUSES In an appearance on CBS’ “This Morning” program, George Bush stated that he broke his “no new taxes” vow because he didn’t want to get into a standoff with Congress over taxes while he was trying to keep funding going for the military effort against Saddam Hussein...

...Louis, Missouri, the United States Postal Service purchased a building for $12 million from a developer who had bought the building earlier the same day for $4 million...

...IT’S A GOOD THING THEY DIDN’T WAIT A WEEK In St...

...ORDER NOW AND GET A STAR WARS TANNING RAY ABSOLUTELY FREE The TWA in-flight magazine Ambassador Club recently advertised “The Stealth Gym Flexerciser,” a home fitness device “constructed of the same high-tech, stronger-than-steel fiber as the Stealth Bomber...

...HE’S ALSO SUlNlG BUDWEISER FOR MAKING EASY-OPENING TWIST-OFF CAPIE Former jockey W i I I ie Shoemaker, paralyzed in a single-car accident he had while driving drunk, has sued the state of California for negligence because there were no rubber guardrails where the crash occurred...

...In response to Justice Department charges that General Electric defrauded the US...

...TIDBITS & OUTRAGES “YOUR HONOR, I CAN ASSURE YOU MY CLIENTHASALREADYSUFFEREDENOUGH, ESPECIALLY SINCE THURSDAY...

...Bush broke the vow on June 26, 1990-more than a month before Iraq invaded Kuwait...