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Paris - Officials of the John Kerry presidential campaign here in Paris are ecstatic over exit polls showing the Senator to be scoring high marks with the all-important “Polo Mom” demographic. “Polo Moms” are defined by political scientists as billionaire mothers who live in the Hamptons, Beverly Hills, Boca Raton and the Upper West Side of Manhattan who employ on the average 2.7 nannies to take care of their 1.3 children per capita. “Polo Moms” are generally speaking fiscally conservative and socially indifferent. They are called “Polo Moms” because they typically have their chauffeurs drive their children to polo practice...

The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Baghdad nine that day, The score stood ninety-five to one, with but one inning more to play. And then when Basra died at first, and Kirkut did the same, A pall-like silence fell upon the patrons of Hussein. A straggling few got up to go in deep despair. The rest clung to that hope which springs eternal in the human breast. They thought, "if only Saddam could but get a whack at that. We'd put up even money now, with Saddam at the bat." But Blix preceded Saddam, as did also Villepin; and the...

ICONOCLAST DAILY NOTEBOOK.... William Grim's Top 20 Prognostications For 2003....    January 02, 2002: Time for even more crystal-ball gazing regarding the new year, this time from everyone's favorite Iconoclast psychic, William Grim. And now without furrther fuss or muss, here's Swami Grim's amazing predictions for 2003: 1. G.I. Joe Lieberman becomes the No. 1 best selling action figure at Greenwich, Connectocut's Toys-R-Us. 2. Muslim terrorists crash an Air France jet into the Eiffel Tower; and the French Chamber of Deputies blames the United States and Israel for the terrorist act. 3. The Virgin Mary and Woody Hayes appear to...