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- GRAPEVINE, Page 15
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- By JANICE CASTRO
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- If Drafted, She Cannot Serve
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- Forget all the talk about Hillary becoming White House
- Chief of Staff. It's against the law, thanks to Lyndon Johnson.
- Back in 1967, still incensed that President Kennedy appointed
- his brother Attorney General, L.B.J. rushed through Congress a
- law making it impossible for a public official, "including the
- President," to appoint a relative, such as a husband or wife,
- to a position "over which he exercises jurisdiction." That means
- Hillary cannot take a paid Administration job. Not that she has
- indicated she wants one. Likely next stop: an unsalaried
- position as head of a task force on children and family issues.
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- He's Running
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- Republican heavyweights began to get the calls only a few
- days after the election. DAN QUAYLE's secretary is inviting
- major G.O.P. contributors to a series of dinners at the Vice
- President's residence. As she told one top dog, "The Quayles are
- in a partying mood." Warming up for 1996, no doubt.
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- The More Things Change . . .
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- Bill Clinton has said he is determined to bring the best
- people into his Administration no matter where he finds them.
- Quiet discussions immediately after the election dramatically
- demonstrate his strategy. According to sources close to the
- situation, Clinton representatives approached Israeli Prime
- Minister Yitzhak Rabin to see what he would think if Clinton
- chose JAMES BAKER as his special envoy to manage the Middle East
- peace talks. Rabin applauded the notion, especially since Baker
- would lend vital continuity to the delicate negotiations. Baker
- is said to be fully aware of the exchange.
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- Pamela Harriman's Ax
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- Top faux-jewelry designer Kenneth Jay Lane is
- election-proof. For the past few years, he has supplied Barbara
- Bush with her signature pearls. Now he's got a Democratic line:
- little gold saxophone pins. Lane sent the first sax out of the
- mint to Democratic Party godmother Pamela Harriman.
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- What Balanced Budget?
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- Look out, California. When governor Pete Wilson and the
- legislature finally closed that huge budget gap two months ago,
- they employed a bit of creative bookkeeping, including borrowing
- from anticipated revenues. But those optimistic assumptions
- collapsed as the economic slump persisted. Already more than $2
- billion in the hole, the new California budget may come up short
- a stunning $6 billion by Christmas.
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- Pack Some Good Books
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- Heaven may offer the sweetest rewards, but at times they
- are difficult for mere mortals to imagine. Visiting a parish in
- Rome this month, POPE JOHN PAUL II explained a key difference
- between heaven and earth: on the far side of the pearly gates,
- there is no sex. Residents of paradise need no mates, said the
- Pontiff, because "they are like the angels."
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- Forward Spin
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- CAMPAIGN FOOTNOTES
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- A Haitian priest and aide to President Jean-Bertrand
- Aristide says President Bush lost the election because he is
- under a voodoo curse. No wonder he couldn't shake the voodoo
- economics habit! Was Ronald Reagan a victim too?
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- DEADHEAD CENTRAL
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- Al Gore has been sporting a tie designed by Grateful Dead
- founder Jerry Garcia. Tipper's a certified Deadhead. Clinton
- jogs in a Dead T shirt. Bush's worst nightmare: those drapes
- they're fitting are tie-dyed.
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- E.T. GO HOME
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- Aliens prefer Pepsi. In another commercial, they go for
- Mars candy. Or never leave home planet without their American
- Express. Or their L.A. Gear. Uh-oh, they're yuppies! Watch for
- a new network series: martiansomething.
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- BOOK WATCH
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- Women Who Run with the Wolves offers fables for earthy
- chicks in search of their mythic past. Real Men Don't Bond is
- a guide for the guys who'd like to run with the women who run
- with the wolves. Coming soon, a revealing sequel: Real Men Are
- Wolves.
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