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...beaten them by a large enough margin. They argued that Conner slowed down to make Stars & Stripes seem more equal to their big boat, thereby defusing Fay's claim of a mismatch. Asked by a reporter if he were "dogging it," Conner snapped, "I'm sailing a cat. Someone else is sailing...
...that renegade challenges and disagreements among competitors can no longer disrupt the festivities -- and the cash flow for the regatta's host city. Although Fay approves of the idea, he still intends to go back to court to challenge last week's outcome. If the judge agrees that the cat was illegal, the mug will go to New Zealand. In that case, Conner said he'd just have to go Down Under and win it back again. Maybe the next time they'll both be sailing in turkeys...
...Close and Personal" reports. "I think ABC has done a great job; we hope to do a great job too," says Michael Eskridge, NBC's executive vice president for the Olympics. "When you get right down to it, there are only so many ways to skin a cat." NBC officials have discussed, however, downplaying one oft criticized feature of ABC's Olympic coverage: the sometimes excessive home-country boosterism. Says Eskridge: "Everybody will do his best to keep our people from becoming a rooting section...
...food, both of which further enervate him. "I have eaten a lot of poached salmon, and I don't like it, particularly at 10 p.m.," Bennett said last week. "I never could get used in this town to being treated as if I were a large house cat." In four years Bennett attended only one State and one Gridiron dinner, absences considered in pre-Bennett eras as a sure way to oblivion. His alternative for political longevity: home cooking as often as possible. "Eat something recognizable," he declared. "Beef or chicken. Or chicken or beef." But go home. There...
...Cat on a Hot Tin Roof...