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Notebook: The Kinder, Gentler Richard Nixon

By Kathleen Adama, Charlotte Falermayer, Janice M. Horowitz, Lina Lofaro, Belinda Luscombe Alain L. Saners, Sidney Urquhart Bob Dornan

Winners & Losers

The Windy City

Winners

Albert Belle
Baseball bad boy gets $10 million a year to play for White Sox. Move over, Dennis Rodman

Chicago, The Musical
Decades-old musical opens big on Broadway; finds that the '90s are its kind of time

Dan Rostenkowski
The Cook County machine is back: Dems recapture seat he lost following scandal

Losers

Mel Reynolds
While former Congressman is in jail, he and broke wife Marisol are arraigned for fraud

Tony Silva
Renowned parrot advocate gets almost seven years and $100,000 fine for bird smuggling

Jenny Jones
Facing an ugly future with civil trial and lost reputation after Schmitz murder conviction

Verbatim

"I love you. I love you like a brother. Keep the faith."
--Richard Nixon to chief of staff H.R. Haldeman after a televised speech in which he announced Haldeman's resignation, from just released tapes

"The way I want that handled, Bob, is through another way. I want Brooking--just to break in. Break in and take it out! You understand?"
--Nixon ordering Haldeman to steal Vietnam files from the Brookings Institution, a year before Watergate revelations

"One agora! It means the government wants to show how much a Palestinian person's life is worth. Its message is very clear: 'This is how cheap you are for us.'"
--A Palestinian-rights activist, after four Israeli soldiers were fined one agora, worth about one-third of a U.S. cent, for negligently killing a young Palestinian, in the Washington Post

Duffer's Defense

"There's no golf pro on Air Force One. Nor on Air Force Two. Nor on the press plane."
--White House Response To Reports In The Australian Press That The President Brought Along A Pro

Losing It

"You are a slimy coward. Go register in another party." --Representative Bob Dornan To Fellow Republican William Dougherty, After He Supported Dornan'S (Victorious) Opponent


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