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...Once upon a time, William F. Weld '66 had a future. His early days consisted of pure peaches and cream--an eminent lineage, a lauded stint at Harvard College and Harvard Law School, an impressive display of poise in the cesspool of Washington, D.C., and a calculated career change to the gubernatorial duties of his home state. For the militantly Democratic citizens of Massachusetts, electing blue-blooded, uberWASP Weld, was an absolute phenomenon...
...Brent Bozell III has a more elegant way available to call someone "a f---ing idiot." It is the Janet Cooke Award, the Media Research Center's highest accolade, bestowed annually, like an Oscar, upon the journalist who, in the opinion of the judges, committed the most egregious work of arrant liberal media piffle during the previous year...
There goes the neighborhood. Although the Thurmont residents have been friendly and welcoming to the press corps, they know their visitors. Upon arrival, everyone is given a sheet with elaborate instructions on where not to park, and details of the towing policies and fines in effect. Inside, the school is plastered with warnings not to smoke, with signs pointing to the designated smokers' area outside in the back. But relations took a turn for the worse when some Arab and Israeli reporters allegedly took down the American flags from some of the classrooms...
...Once upon a time, it was all so simple...
There had been some apprehension last week that ROSS PEROT would throw his hat into the ring of Reform Party presidential politics, thus turning an already turbulent situation hopelessly chaotic. Once upon a time--well, in 1992--the party Perot founded had earned a phenomenal 19% of the presidential vote. In 1996, it still managed to win 8.5%. Lately, however, there have been problems. The party's star performer, Governor JESSE VENTURA of Minnesota, bolted earlier this year. The strange alliance between PATRICK BUCHANAN, from the right, and Lenora Fulani, from the left, has collapsed. So there was some relief...