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Notebook
By Kathleen Adams, Melissa August, Greg Burke, Charlotte
Faltermayer, Janice Horowitz, Michael Krantz, Lina Lofaro,
Jeffery Rubin, Alain Sanders
Verbatim
"You know, if I were a single man, I might ask that mummy out.
That's a good-looking mummy!"
--President Clinton, at a Democratic Party fund raiser, on the
subject of the frozen, 500-year-old Inca "ice princess" on
display at the National Geographic Society in Washington
"In high school she dated Bob Dole."
--Senator Joseph Lieberman, at the same fund raiser, referring
to the same mummy
"I know this is going to come as a big surprise to you, but I
have been a longtime fan of Boy George's music."
--House majority leader Dick Armey, after comparing Clinton to a
"Karma Chameleon"
Supreme Court Lunch? Let Breyer Pick Up the Tab
The Justices of the Supreme Court released their annual
financial-disclosure statements last week. A closer look (for
their assets the Justices are required only to state a range):
JUSTICE |
ASSETS |
DECLARED GIFTS AND OUTSIDE INCOME |
| Breyer |
$4.5 to $7.3 million |
Travel to Barcelona and
Florence for summer teaching
gig and conferences |
| Ginsburg |
$4.4 to $7.1 million |
Travel to Innsbruck, Austria,
for summer teaching gig |
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O'Connor
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$1.6 to $4.1 million
|
$50 gargoyle from University
of Wisconsin
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Stevens
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$1.2 to $2.5 million
|
More honorary club memberships
than any other Justice
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Souter
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$910,000 to $1.95 million
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Only Justice to list
"numerous books from authors
and publishers"
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Scalia
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$595,000 to $1.3 million
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Travel to Nice, France, for
teaching gig
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Rehnquist
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$260,000 to $675,000
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$22,500 book advance from
Knopf
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Kennedy
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$30,000 to $370,000
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Travel to China for the
National Committee on
U.S.-China Relations
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Thomas
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$80,000 to $275,000
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$500 Stetson hat from the
Houston Club
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