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Growing up in a small town in the Texas Panhandle, I often saw the symbol for tornado watch in the lower right-hand corner of our TV screen in the spring. When the warnings seemed especially serious, my family would spend a few nervous hours in the dirt crawl space beneath our living room. I felt somewhat immune because of a local myth that the tremendous pressure at the oil refineries in our town of Phillips would keep tornadoes away. However, in the 1980s, after I left the area, the town was leveled; not a house was left standing...
...House for a photo op he was clearly looking forward to. Accompanied by Mickey Kantor, the tough-talking Trade Representative who later that day would be nominated to succeed Ron Brown as Secretary of Commerce, Clinton viewed a new Chrysler Neon, Ford Taurus and GM Cavalier--all equipped with right-hand steering wheels for sale in Japan. "Just four years ago," said Clinton, "if you had told me that I would see it, I'm not sure I would have believed it--right-hand-drive American models made by American workers bound for Japan...
...about that time, Hillary did evidently speak to Margaret Davenport about the Whitewater loan. "Notes of TK w/M. Davenport," handwritten notes on Hillary's personal notepaper read. At the top right-hand corner is the date 1987. "56,623 balance. 2,303.78 Oct. 3." On the side is an arrow, then "5 yr amortization. w/2 yr balloon. 1 2/3. Note secured by mortgage recorded Aug. 3, 1978 on 171 acres known as Whitewater Estates. Original $100,121 note...
...days before the New Hampshire primary, the right-hand column of The New York Times' front page read "Dole Opens Drive in New Hampshire with New Theme." The article in this prime location focused on a six-sentence passage of a recent Bob Dole speech in order to explain a shift of focus in the candidate's campaign strategy. The only kernel of information being documented was Dole's acknowledgment of uneasiness among working class Americans. The rest of the article, the greater part, was devoted to reporter Richard L. Berke's analysis and speculation about what such an acknowledgment...
Fernando Botero Zea, who was Samper's right-hand man, 1994 campaign manager and Defense Minister, made his charges from Bogota's Cavalry School barracks, where he has been detained for more than five months. Two hours after the Botero revelation, Samper fired back in a televised address. "The truth," he declared, "is that Botero is lying to save himself." Botero may in fact have decided to talk because he sensed the President was cutting him loose...