Oh - A news report said the Clinton administration is "feverishly" trying to figure out how to implement the EPA's soot emission proposals, "while softening the impact of their implementation."

`Land reform' - Backed by 50 Mexican cops, Nancy and Dan Johnson reclaimed their luxury Baja California Sur hotel which peasants had occupied since last July. The hotel had been built on land owned communally by the peasants. The Johnsons had bought the land from the federal government and a judge ruled the sale was legal, contending the land belonged to the local government, not the peasants.

Irked loser? - Dumped from office by the victory of the British Labour Party, former Tory prime minister John Major inquired plaintively of a reporter: "Why are you interested in me? I'm yesterday's news."

House hunting - Now Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, John Major needs a London home. Fortunately, Tory party treasurer Lord Harris of Peckingham has loaned him his 2.5 million pad till he finds a place.

How about one for politicians? - Bosses should check out Hygiene Guard. When employees enter the bathroom, a special badge they wear starts blinking and doesn't stop until they stand in front of a sink and hit the soap dispenser (which may or may not be empty). Coincidentally, the device provides a record of how often workers use the bathroom.

The American Way of Death - Law officials are checking out some 2,000 boxes of cremated human remains found in a northern California warehouse. The boxes were stored by a flying service hired by undertakers to spread cremated remains over the area's rivers and mountains.

Vote `yes' on bond issues? - In 1993, nearly 2,400 people with incomes of $200,000 plus, paid no income tax. An estimated 75 percent of them received income from tax-exempt interest on municipal bonds.

More Moo, mommy - Moo, is being test marketed in England. It's milk with a strawberry or vanilla flavor and more alcohol than most beers. A spokesperson for the distributor insisted that they're taking care to ensure that it doesn't appeal to children, noting, "The label is fairly bland, with no cartoon characters."  
 
 
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