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- GRAPEVINE, Page 13
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- By JANICE CASTRO
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- Heading for a Grilling
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- Get out the flak jackets. Former Secretary of State HENRY
- KISSINGER will face tough questions when he testifies next week
- before the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs.
- Investigators for the committee claim they have constructed a
- "damning case" against Kissinger for ineptness and insensitivity
- regarding pows and mias during the Paris peace talks in 1973.
- The committee has heard from a score of witnesses, including
- several Pentagon officials, who maintain that many Americans
- were left behind when the Nixon Administration brought
- servicemen home at the conclusion of the talks. Insiders say the
- hearing will be "tough on Dr. K." Kissinger will be followed by
- other heavyweight witnesses, including Al Haig and Acting
- Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger. Even Kissinger's old
- boss, Richard Nixon, has sought legal advice in preparation for
- a deposition on the matter that has been requested by the
- committee.
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- With Friends Like These ...
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- The Democrats are out to get NEWT GINGRICH, and they've
- got some unexpected allies across the aisle as the conservative
- House minority whip campaigns for re-election. Gingrich has
- earned enmity in abundance for his junkyard-dog tactics. Case in
- point: House minority leader Robert Michel. Says a Michel aide:
- "Maybe the Democrats can't get Clinton elected, but at least
- they should be able to get rid of Newt. It would make our lives
- up here so much easier."
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- You Call That Nothing?
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- No wonder U.N. Inspectors are under fire for reporting
- that Saddam's nuclear program never got out of the starting
- blocks. Documents they recovered show that Iraq bought enough
- material to build 10,000 centrifuges, which are needed for a key
- step in enriching uranium. Says an insider: "They're scared to
- death there's some hidden installation, maybe underground. There
- are no grounds for giving Iraq a clean bill of health."
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- For the Man Who Has Everything
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- Entrepreneurs in the former Soviet Union are selling
- military equipment cheap, just in time for those hard-to-fill
- Christmas lists. Night-vision goggles, worth thousands of
- dollars, are going for as low as $80, while pressure suits
- ($15,000), worn by high-flying spy pilots, can be had for $150.
- The out-of-work military men selling the stuff have discovered
- a fashion premium in Soviet flight jackets, which are fetching
- $500. Accessories? Flight helmets with red stars go for $50.
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- Sound Like Good Republicans to Me
-
- Orange County in Southern California has long been known
- as a solid fortress of white conservative Republicans. But
- times change. The leading surname of Orange County residents
- buying houses during the past year was Nguyen (693 homes). Their
- new neighbors include 254 Lee families, 165 Garcias and 162
- Kims.
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- BANANA PEELS
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- Moments from last week Bush, Clinton and Quayle would like
- to forget :
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- BOY TOYS
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- Quayle tweaked Clinton for referring in a speech to
- Patriot missiles going "down chimneys" during the Gulf War. Ha,
- said Quayle: "Bill Clinton knows less about national security
- than I do about spelling!" The weapons, said Quayle, were
- cruise missiles. Join the club, Dan. They were smart bombs.
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- NEVER SAY NEVER
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- Someone better stop that man. No sooner did President Bush
- promise last week that he would never raise taxes again --
- "ever, ever" -- than out popped Marlin Fitzwater to explain that
- this did not mean that the President would never raise taxes
- again. "It wasn't a pledge," insisted Fitzwater. Oh.
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- CAMPAIGN QUIZ
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- Q:
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- WHICH U.S. PRESIDENT FIRST:
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- A. Flew?
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- B. Televised a speech from the White House?
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- C. Visited China?
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- D. Saw his two (be careful here) daughters marry in the
- White House?
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- E. Found employment sweeping the floors at Clinton's
- pharmacy?
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- A:
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- A. Teddy Roosevelt
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- B. Harry Truman
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- C. Herbert Hoover
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- D. Woodrow Wilson
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- E. Harry Truman
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