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...Rockets traded for point guard Francis, the No. 2 pick in the draft, to ease Scottie's load. If the trade doesn't occur, Anderson, one of the top free agents who could realistically have changed teams, will start at shooting guard and give Pippen some rest also...
...seems to have arrived so abruptly is that Fifties Guys were skipped when the presidency passed from World War II Guys to Boomers. Two or three presidential elections with Fifties Guys as candidates would have provided a soothing way of putting off such harsh subjects as coke snorting and draft dodging until we'd had time to gain the perspective that comes with a little distance--soothing because Fifties Guys tend not to have engaged in any youthful misbehavior interesting enough for anyone to bother revealing...
...sound less depraved than it would if it were done by poor people--had not been coined. The sort of state lawbreaking that Fifties Guys were associated with was underage drinking. The sort of federal lawbreaking that Fifties Guys were associated with was underage drinking with a fake draft card. Reading about the recent accusations against George W. Bush, I could imagine one of my classmates' saying wistfully, "I might have tried cocaine if I'd ever heard...
...McCain's long-shot-maverick strategy has unexpected appeal to those who decide the Republican nomination? Maybe not. The Ames straw poll was led by Bush and Steve Forbes, both Boomers. But who came in a strong third? Elizabeth Dole--Duke, class of '58, and not even a fake draft card among her youthful follies. When it comes to presidential politics, Elizabeth Dole may be the last of the Fifties Guys...
...spending caps and eat into the surplus (although that will certainly happen eventually), they?ve tapped $3 billion in unused state welfare money to make some ends meet, which has governors and Democrats screaming mugging. With an October 1 due date for all 13 bills, GOPers are scrambling to draft a stopgap spending bill (to avoid a shutdown) and get those bills on the White House desk in any form ? then at least Republicans can take the fight to him. Initiative like that might have helped with the tax cut, says TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan. "Before the Republicans...