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...about the Swiss handling of assets from Germany during and after the war. And in New York City this month, Holocaust survivors and heirs filed a $20 billion class action contending that Swiss banks improperly refused to return victims' money and other valuables on deposit. Says Swiss Foreign Ministry spokesman Jean-Philippe Tissieres: "This publicity is really killing...
...Member of Parliament and chairman of the Holocaust Educational Trust. "Now is the time to do what is worthy and decent and honorable," he says, "which is to give the residual gold to the victims, Jewish and non-Jewish." Such a step is "highly unlikely," a British Foreign Office spokesman says, since the remaining gold is destined to be divided among the 10 governments whose treasuries were looted that still have outstanding claims...
...Clinton spokesman Joe Lockhart and Dole counterpart Nelson Warfield debated the debate on ABC's Good Morning America. NBC analyst Tim Russert and ABC's Jeff Greenfield weighed in on Don Imus' radio show. In a CBS poll, 50% of the respondents said they thought Clinton was the winner, vs. 28% for Dole. Rush Limbaugh replayed Clinton's response on the issue of presidential pardons and exclaimed, "Now what does that mean?" USA Today tracked the minute-by-minute responses of 148 voters in St. Louis, Missouri, and reported that they felt most favorable about Clinton when he praised health...
...could, that is, if scientists ever get a chance to study it in detail. Unless a judge intervenes, the bones will be turned over to the local Umatilla Indian tribe by the end of the month for immediate burial. Says Umatilla spokesman Armand Minthorn: "Our tradition says once a body goes into the ground, that's where it stays." Under the Native American Graves Protection Act of 1990, museums and scientists must give Native American remains back to the tribes they came from. And the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which has jurisdiction over the banks of the Columbia...
...Dole borrowed Nike's "Just Do It" slogan in crafting his "Just Don't Do It" antidrug catchphrase. Nike just didn't get it. "We are a sports and fitness company," responded a company spokesman. "We're a bit uncomfortable about being brought into the political arena...