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...their first words from the President of the United States swayed to the lyrics of the country's most popular ballad. The song, which recounts the landing of U.S. troops on the tiny Caribbean island, mimics the drone of helicopters, the "rat-tat-tat" of machine guns and the boom of big guns as it pays exuberant tribute to the island's liberator, "Uncle Reagan...
...Still, Sooners were not prepared for the latest bad news: the oil well on the lawn of the state capitol in Oklahoma City has gone dry. Nicknamed Petunia when drilled in a flower bed in 1942, the well and the derrick atop it became a symbol of Oklahoma's boom times. Drawing from an oil pool directly beneath the capitol, Petunia pumped some 1.5 million bbl. during its 43 years...
INSIDE THE BELTWAY, the chaos has reigned, As Congress and Prexy have battled in vain. "Cut here, cut there," our leader opined But kudos to Tipster for holding the line. Things that go "boom" have been much in the news, But Ronnie and Misha took too long to schmooze. Both top bananas get thorns for delay In meeting each other for a moot nuke nay-say. A wide-open range awaits Lucky the dog, In Ronnie's agenda he won't be a cog. To his master we offer the same one-way flight As far west as need...
...money, saying only that he was "a lawyer's lawyer, a door opener." He denied, however, that there was anything illegal about profiting from his connections and influence. When U.S. Attorney John Volz pressed him about the bonanza from one sale, the Governor joyfully replied, "All of a sudden -- boom! We hit the jackpot. It was a happy day at home...
Effusive optimism, though, flies in the face of two troubling statistics. The $200 billion U.S. budget deficit could drive interest rates back up and stifle growth. And the $150 billion trade deficit continues to drain money out of the American economy. Finally, today's stock boom is built in part on debt accumulated to pay for the recent spate of megadollar takeovers and leveraged buyouts...