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GRAPEVINE, Page 19
By JANICE CASTRO
Cleared for Landing, Comrades
"MAN IN SIDE! HELP!" Those words are stenciled -- in
English -- on the side of every Soyuz landing craft, the
lifeboat that RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS use when they return to earth.
The instructions continue: "Take the key. Put into the hole.
Turn. Open the hatch." Who knows? One of these days, a farmer
in Nebraska or North Dakota might be following those directions.
Should the two cosmonauts now orbiting in Russia's Mir space
station need to make an emergency landing outside designated
areas in the former Soviet Union, the Russians have told the
U.S. State Department their destination of choice would be
America's northern heartland. Washington has agreed to help. The
Russians' only request: Please turn off the high-tension power
lines. So if the lights go out some night in Nebraska, chances
are the Russians are coming.
Quayle Hunting on Capitol Hill
President Bush may insist he is standing by DAN QUAYLE,
but Congress is determined to take away the Vice President's
biggest stick, his Council on Competitiveness, which reviews
(and often pares) government regulations. Critics argue that
Quayle's group is subverting Congress's intent by rewriting
regulatory language. The House has voted to strip $86,000 --
roughly equal to council director David McIntosh's salary --
from White House funds. The Senate may go further this week by
forbidding any expenditure of money for the council.
Maybe We Won Hearts and Minds After All
In Moscow they say you can always tell where the
Vietnamese workers live because those are the buildings where
the taxis line up. Hard-strapped Russians can't afford to take
cabs. The collapse of the Soviet Union has unleashed a
surprising entrepreneurial streak in the more than 32,000
skilled Vietnamese laborers "stranded" there. More than 4,000
Vietnamese residents of Moscow now boast net worths of more than
$100,000. Some are investing their earnings in lavish houses and
businesses back home. A Vietnamese commercial center has opened
in town to provide office space and services for companies
dealing in everything from rice and caviar to fashions. Quips
a thriving entrepreneur: "Doing business in Russia now is very
easy because the Russians know nothing about capitalism."
The New Limousine Liberals
Democrats are forever calling the Republicans the party of
the rich. But a new survey by the congressional newspaper Roll
Call reports that of 28 SENATE MILLIONAIRES, 21 are Democrats.
According to standard financial-disclosure forms, which often
yield conservative estimates, Virginia Senator Charles Robb, a
Democrat, leads the pack, with a net worth of at least $19
million (thanks mostly to wife Lynda Bird Johnson's family
holdings). Among the other wealthiest Democrats: Claiborne Pell
of Rhode Island (net worth: $13.7 million), Herb Kohl of
Wisconsin ($12.7 million), Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia
($8.7 million), Lloyd Bentsen of Texas ($5.8 million), Ted
Kennedy of Massachusetts ($2 million) and Bob Kerrey of Nebraska
($1.5 million).
WORD WATCH
A Harper's dictionary of words that don't exist (but
should) introduced the term algore, meaning "impenetrable
blandness." Other terms included vacationoia, defined as the
anxiety that overtakes the family far from home when no one can
remember whether the stove was turned off. Grapevine offers the
following much needed terms:
algorhythm: a restrained style of dancing peculiar to
advanced yuppies
allegorey: a fanciful tale about growing up in Carthage,
Tenn.
arsenior: a longtime Carson fan who frequently suffers
from Lenopathy
forgettery: the opposite of memory, the tendency to draw
blanks on information once known, made popular recently by
Ronald Reagan
perotgative: the right of Texas billionaires to quit when
the going gets tough
unkempt: the mental state of conservative Republicans
frustrated over their ticket
CAMPAIGN QUIZ
Q: WHICH U.S. PRESIDENT:
A was the first to be impeaches?
B introduced ice cream to America?
C liked to have someone rub his head with petroleum jelly
while he ate breakfast in bed?
D reportedly wore one black shoe and one brown shoe to his
wedding?
E had to borrow money to attend his own Inauguation?
A:
A Andrew Johnson
B Thomas Jefferson
C Calvin Coolidge
D Gerald Ford
E George Washington