Some of their best friends...--The new Nixon tapes includes a conversation with Billy Graham who confided to him that the Jews had a "stranglehold" on the media. Responded Nixon: "I can't ever say that but I believe it."

Blunt--"I missed work because of my son being in the hospital for two weeks. I was fired at that point. I lost my house. We went to stay with my mother for two months. We became a burden. We ended up in a shelter."--Single mother Kim Vialpando at a Denver, Colorado, news conference on the housing crisis there.

Let's not get paranoid--"Enron paid huge bonuses in '01; Experts see a motive for cheating:"--News headline.

Capitalism breeds new market?--Members of the seafood industry, gathering in Boston, will grapple with the threat of bioterrorisn and some actual federal oversight of a dangerously contaminated product. The feds apparently fear that seafood from heavily polluted waters will prove a key terrorist threat.

Now will you shut up?--"Although California is widely known as a disaster-prone state, a new study, published by the National Academy of Sciences, concludes that in per capita dollar losses from all disasters, the state does not rank in the top dozen."--Los Angeles Times.

Progress report--"Crowded jails will release prisoners early"--Headline, the Times, London.

But then again--"Behave or face [jail] cells, school tells unruly boys"--The Times, London.

Click, it's yours--Even if your town doesn't boast a Saks Fifth Avenue shop you can order from the web site of the posh chain. Like, a matching T-shirt and zippered cardigan, both pure cotton. The T-shirt, $85, the cardigan, $695. A print ad quietly suggests, "Keep it real."

Modest gain--With the onset of the recession, high-end real estate took a shellacking. But things are picking up. Like, in New York's Manhattan in the last six months of last year only 23 co-ops were sold for $4 million and up. So far this year, 22 in that category have been sold at an average price of $8 million plus, somewhat lower than last year.  
 
 
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