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...YORK--The Charlotte Hornets, New Jersey Nets and Sacramento Kings won the 1991 NBA lottery yesterday and the top three picks in the June 26 draft...
...Senator Bob Graham. "I've not talked to Schwarzkopf directly, but through a third party," says Poole. "He's not said no." Others would let him skip the legislative spring training and go straight to the majors. Former state G.O.P. chairman Henry Sayler, a fellow West Pointer, launched a Draft General Schwarzkopf 1992 Committee this month...
...retaken by Iraqi forces about a week later. Omar decided to flee Kirkuk after he saw the Iraqi Mi-24 helicopters hanging like avenging demons on the horizon, unleashing their terrifying rocket fire and evoking the threat of what he feared most: chemical weapons that make every breath a draft of fire. Not only was Omar sure that the Iraqis would kill many Kurds in Kirkuk in reprisal, but he also knew that he would be in more trouble than most. He is an ex-Iraqi army lieutenant who refused the call to return to duty after Iraq's invasion...
Totally implausible? Of course, but also perfectly legal. The Draft Bush spoof is being circulated as black humor by underemployed Democratic consultants. As it bounces around, the notion has acquired variations. (A Republican spin: the Democrats try the ploy, but are so discombobulated that they nominate Tom Eagleton for Vice President.) Given the Democrats' performance in recent presidential elections, they could do far worse...
...Rourke's evolution has taken him from juvenile lampoonery and sophomoric one-liners to a bitterly funny, and fairly astute, analysis of the Federal Government. Though a draft dodger during Vietnam, he saw firsthand the flaws of the 1960s ethic when the self-styled Balto-Cong raided his underground newspaper in Baltimore and claimed the paper was not radical enough. That, coupled with the fact that a huge chunk of his first paycheck went to the government, began to steer him away from liberalism. "A little government and a little luck are necessary in life but only a fool trusts...