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...that he does them at all. Publisher Baen doesn't pretend that Gingrich wrote the novel his name is on, in the sense we understand writing, but he did attend three meetings. "Newt provided the plot and some of the characters, and his co-author wrote a first draft, and then they flopped disks back and forth," says Baen. That may be how the "pouting sex kitten," who twines her fingers in the chest hairs of the main character before moving along to another crucial body part, made it into the final version...
...believed his stories and went along with his boasts. He was an untiring gambler, though he won and lost with bad grace. He once publicly cajoled a man to pay a lost wager of $1,000. When the man wrote the check, Vesco further shamed him by auctioning the draft to the crowd for $200. He bought houses in Costa Rica and Switzerland, a yacht and a Boeing 707, which he outfitted with an office, bedrooms and a discotheque. To the annoyance of his neighbors, he built a heliport on his home property in suburban New Jersey. He liked...
...Peter Dominic (R-N.M.), chair of theSenate Budget Committee, has released his fiscalyear 1996 budget draft, which was recently passedby the Senate and called for one trillion dollarsworth of cuts over the next seven years...
...John R. Kasich (R-Ohio), chair of theHouse Budget Committee, has also released hisversion of the fiscal year 1996 budget draft,recently passed by the House...
...easy anti-terrorist speak only serves to muddle our understanding of what went on in Oklahoma City. We must ask ourselves in the first place: Ought there to be legislation designed especially for crimes of this sort? And if so, is it reasonable for Congress to draft this legislation in the throes of national outrage over the bombing...