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...anyone but apologized in case he had made "their sensibilities feel affronted." Gibberish is the hallmark of the conditional apology. Newt Gingrich, who pleaded guilty to ethics violations, was sorry "to whatever degree in any way that I brought controversy or inappropriate attention to the House." Senator Alfonse D'Amato said he was sorry "if I've offended anyone," when he knew full well whom he had offended with his buck-toothed, "no tickee, no laundry" mimicry of Lance...
...AMATO Election-year role in Swiss-bank deal impresses key constituency. Nice work, Fonzie...
...sick of fees at ATMs, you're not alone. Since most customers have to pay their banks $1 when they use a "foreign" machine, Senator Al D'Amato wants to outlaw surcharges, the $1.50 that cardholders increasingly also have to pay to the ATM operator. Last week the Justice Department began investigating whether the two largest ATM networks, Cirrus and Plus, are preventing small banks from abolishing surcharges. (Owners MasterCard and Visa, respectively, say they are cooperating.) For now, look for small banks that are cutting ATM fees for their customers...
...testing the presidential waters, is also going at the issue indirectly by condemning "this business of passing children through our schools who can't read." The subtext: this Governor can insert himself in the classroom but won't push teachers out of the way. New York Senator Alfonse D'Amato is the exception to the rule: while his campaign for re-election this November has embraced traditional Democratic causes as varied as the environment and health-care reform, he's nonetheless stuck to the Dole approach on education. He ripped teachers' unions early this year for "protecting the perks...
...Connecticut teacher helped her students cheat on the state's basic skills test but ended up with only a 30-day suspension--the pressure on states to change tenure laws grows. And the movement gained support last month when Democratic Senator John Kerry joined his G.O.P. colleague Al D'Amato in calling to "end teacher tenure as we know it." That's too late to help Ms. God's students, but not their younger siblings...