Tidbits and Outrages
TIDBITS& OUTRAGES "WHEN I TOLO HIM ABOUT MY PLANS TO MAKE MASSACHUSETTS THE NUMBER ONE FOOTBALL POWER IN THE COUNTRY, HE DIDN'T SAY A WORD." The Springfield, Massachusetts, Union-News reports that...
...The Springfield, Massachusetts, Union-News reports that David Bischoff, the former head of athletic programs at the University of Massachusetts, charged the university for travel expenses and lunch for a meeting with a stadium engineer who had died two years earjier...
...That correction rectified an error the day before in an election results chart, which identified him as a Republican...
...Senate...
...NARROWLY EDGING OUT THE EXXON VALDEZ Shortly before the U.S...
...FOR THE FIRST ANNUAL ATWATER AWARD, THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE...
...Navy aircraft carrier Saratoga accidentally fired missiles upon a Turkish destroyer, killing five Turks and wounding 15, the carrier's operations department was honored as the best in the Atlantic Fleet...
...A television spot used by Ohio Republican Margaret Mueller during her congressional campaign last fall quoted unproven allegations of physical abusiveness made against her opponent by his ex-wife during their divorce six years ago...
...42 The Washington Monthly/January/February 1993...
...WHEN PRESSED BY CRITICS FOR CONCRETE RESULTS OF THE MANNED SPACE PROGRAM, NASA OFFICIALS IMMEDIATELY PROVIDED AN EXAMPLE During a recent space shuttle mission, flight commander James Wetherbee disclosed that zero gravity causes tapes and CDs to skip...
...In a correction in part of one edition yesterday, he was erroneously described as running for the U.S...
...AT LEAST THEY GOT HIS NAME RIGHT The Seattle Times recently ran the following correction: "Mike Lowry is the Democratic candidate for governor...
...NOW WE KNOW WHAT THOSE GUYS MEAN WHEN THEY SAY THE ECONOMY IS IN A "SLIGHT DOWNTURN" In its review of Rush Limbaugh's book, The Wall Street Journal described the talk-show host as "slightly corpulent...
Vol. 25 • January 1993 • No. 1
