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- <title>
- Sep. 21, 1992: Grapevine
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- Sep. 21, 1992 Hollywood & Politics
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- GRAPEVINE, Page 13
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- <p>By Janice Castro
- </p>
- <p>HEADING FOR A GRILLING
- </p>
- <p> Get out the flak jackets. Former Secretary of State Henry
- Kissinger will face tough questions when he testifies next week
- before the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs.
- Investigators for the committee claim they have constructed a
- "damning case" against Kissinger for ineptness and insensitivity
- regarding pows and mias during the Paris peace talks in 1973.
- The committee has heard from a score of witnesses, including
- several Pentagon officials, who maintain that many Americans
- were left behind when the Nixon Administration brought
- servicemen home at the conclusion of the talks. Insiders say the
- hearing will be "tough on Dr. K." Kissinger will be followed by
- other heavyweight witnesses, including Al Haig and Acting
- Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger. Even Kissinger's old
- boss, Richard Nixon, has sought legal advice in preparation for
- a deposition on the matter that has been requested by the
- committee.
- </p>
- <p>WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE...
- </p>
- <p> The Democrats are out to get Newt Gingrich, and they've
- got some unexpected allies across the aisle as the conservative
- House minority whip campaigns for re-election. Gingrich has
- earned enmity in abundance for his junkyard-dog tactics. Case in
- point: House minority leader Robert Michel. Says a Michel aide:
- "Maybe the Democrats can't get Clinton elected, but at least
- they should be able to get rid of Newt. It would make our lives
- up here so much easier."
- </p>
- <p>YOU CALL THAT NOTHING?
- </p>
- <p> No wonder U.N. Inspectors are under fire for reporting
- that Saddam's nuclear program never got out of the starting
- blocks. Documents they recovered show that Iraq bought enough
- material to build 10,000 centrifuges, which are needed for a key
- step in enriching uranium. Says an insider: "They're scared to
- death there's some hidden installation, maybe underground. There
- are no grounds for giving Iraq a clean bill of health."
- </p>
- <p>FOR THE MAN WHO HAS EVERYTHING
- </p>
- <p> Entrepreneurs in the former Soviet Union are selling
- military equipment cheap, just in time for those hard-to-fill
- Christmas lists. Night-vision goggles, worth thousands of
- dollars, are going for as low as $80, while pressure suits
- ($15,000), worn by high-flying spy pilots, can be had for $150.
- The out-of-work military men selling the stuff have discovered
- a fashion premium in Soviet flight jackets, which are fetching
- $500. Accessories? Flight helmets with red stars go for $50.
- </p>
- <p>SOUND LIKE GOOD REPUBLICANS TO ME
- </p>
- <p> Orange County in Southern California has long been known
- as a solid fortress of white conservative Republicans. But
- times change. The leading surname of Orange County residents
- buying houses during the past year was Nguyen (693 homes). Their
- new neighbors include 254 Lee families, 165 Garcias and 162
- Kims.
- </p>
- <p>BANANA PEELS
- </p>
- <p> Moments from last week Bush, Clinton and Quayle would like
- to forget :
- </p>
- <p>-- BOY TOYS
- </p>
- <p> Quayle tweaked Clinton for referring in a speech to
- Patriot missiles going "down chimneys" during the Gulf War. Ha,
- said Quayle: "Bill Clinton knows less about national security
- than I do about spelling!" The weapons, said Quayle, were
- cruise missiles. Join the club, Dan. They were smart bombs.
- </p>
- <p>-- NEVER SAY NEVER
- </p>
- <p> Someone better stop that man. No sooner did President Bush
- promise last week that he would never raise taxes again--"ever, ever"--than out popped Marlin Fitzwater to explain that
- this did not mean that the President would never raise taxes
- again. "It wasn't a pledge," insisted Fitzwater. Oh.
- </p>
- <p>CAMPAIGN QUIZ
- </p>
- <p> Q:
- </p>
- <p> WHICH U.S. PRESIDENT FIRST:
- </p>
- <p> A. Flew?
- </p>
- <p> B. Televised a speech from the White House?
- </p>
- <p> C. Visited China?
- </p>
- <p> D. Saw his two (be careful here) daughters marry in the
- White House?
- </p>
- <p> E. Found employment sweeping the floors at Clinton's
- pharmacy?
- </p>
- <p> A:
- </p>
- <p> A. Teddy Roosevelt
- </p>
- <p> B. Harry Truman
- </p>
- <p> C. Herbert Hoover
- </p>
- <p> D. Woodrow Wilson
- </p>
- <p> E. Harry Truman
- </p>
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