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- <text id=92TT0749>
- <title>
- Apr. 06, 1992: They Rent Bicycles, Don't They?
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- Apr. 06, 1992 The Real Power of Vitamins
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- GRAPEVINE, Page 15
- THEY RENT BICYCLES, DON'T THEY?
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- <p>By Janice Castro/Reported by Wendy Cole
- </p>
- <p> There's something about tenure on Capitol Hill that seems
- to turn even simple recreational pursuits into tax-subsidized
- boondoggles. When House Speaker Tom Foley attended a
- U.S.-British meeting last summer, he decided to take time for
- a bit of cycling in the English countryside. Fine. But he wanted
- to ride his own bicycle, so the Air Force had to pick up Speaker
- and Mrs. Foley's cycles at their home and deliver them to
- Andrews Air Force Base for the flight. Once in Britain, an Air
- Force van trundled the bikes to the chosen area and hung around
- while the Foleys biked. Estimated cost to the taxpayers: at
- least $500. Grumps an Air Force source: "Doesn't he know they
- rent bikes in England?"
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- </body></article>
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