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...highlight of the Wisconsin Republican's year. Last week tightwad REPRESENTATIVE F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER JR., who has served since 1979 and has been named the National Taxpayers Union's most fiscally responsible Congressman for the past three years, won $250,000 on a Dec. 18 Quick Cash ticket. Willie McCoy, the store manager who sold the ticket, said that Sensenbrenner is a regular at the store and that "quite a number" of Congressmen play the lottery. Not all of them, however, are worth the $8 million that Sensenbrenner already has, largely because of his great-grandfather, who founded the Kimberly...
...nomination. Her meeting with Tony Blair underscores her charisma and political savvy. And just a few years ago, she scared the health-care industry into lowering my premiums about 10%. I am a 65-year-old, lifelong Republican, but I will vote for Hillary if she heads the Democratic ticket--even if she is running against Elizabeth Dole, my first-choice Republican candidate. WILLIAM S. GAITHER Philadelphia...
...exact details of the problems are difficult to pinpoint, Poliakoff said. Council representatives did not stand at every bus stop to ensure each bus rider had the appropriate ticket, he said...
...fairness, it must be noted that the various fuel-tank solutions are fraught with complications. Two seemingly simple answers--distance the air-conditioning units from the tank or fly with it full of fuel--would boost ticket prices. So would "inerting," injecting a nonexplosive gas to decrease the fuel's volatility, although the manufacturer of the $1.5 million inerting units used in some military planes claims that simpler civilian versions would cost just $80,000 per plane. Some inerting gases, however, are potentially lethal: they reduce one danger to passengers but increase another. Cautioned Boeing's chief fuel-system engineer...
...excuse for adults in feathered masks and body paint to indulge in public foreplay. Already costumes are almost de rigueur, replacing even airline uniforms. I know this because I spent last Halloween evening between planes in a major hub airport, feeling distinctly awkward in slacks and blazer because the ticket agent was a playful witch and the devil himself X-rayed my bags...