Word: note
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...source of quiet concern among some world leaders. In the Florida Keys last April for talks with President Bush, Mitterrand looked deathly pale, says a U.S. official, and his color since then has ranged "from gray to green, neither of which is good." Some who do business with Mitterrand note that his once imposing intellect and presence seem dulled, apparently by fatigue. He tires easily in meetings and seems to have a short attention span; during last month's economic summit in Houston, Mitterrand looked ill and missed about two hours of the proceedings...
...clone," warns Capitol Industries-EMI president Joe Smith. But Starr and Scott are way ahead of him. Starr's 12-year-old son is opening for the New Kids as part of a trio called the Perfect Gentlemen, whose debut album is titled Rated PG (Senator Helms, take note). We may also look forward to the re-emergence of Tiffany, whose album and merchandising are now being handled by Scott. "We'll try to follow the same pattern, make all the right moves for her," Scott says. "And we hope that will create another profit center." There will also...
Bush's strength as a public figure has always resided elsewhere. In Looking Forward, his campaign autobiography, he told the story of the Yale headgrounds keeper who, after weeks of watching Bush swinging and missing in the batter's box, wrote him a note: "I am convinced the reason you are not getting more hits is because you do not take a real cut at the ball. If you would put more power behind your swing, you would improve your batting average 100%." Bush added that he took the advice, and brought his average up over .250. This story...
University officials said the man told the students he could either help them get into Harvard College, or assist them in some other way. According to the note, the man then took at least two of these students to dinner, "served them large quantities of alcohol, brought them back to his apartment, and has engaged them in sex against their will...
...interesting to note that the history of empires that have prospered and declined all followed a fairly similar pattern. Empires that were enormously powerful and wealthy eventually declined and were replaced. Historians tell us that not one single empire in world history was ever destroyed by invading armies or economic forces but rather were decayed and rotted from the inside out, causing the society and then the country to collapse in anarchy...