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As we now know, before the year was out Dean would do precisely what Nixon said Felt would never dare do--inform on Nixon--and so on one level Nixon was clearly trying to persuade Dean to keep mum.
USA Today's front is mum on Waco and its lead is an EPA audit revealing that the nation's public water systems are stricken by tens of thousands of cases of previously undocumented unsafe drinking water.
As Scott Shuger wrote, it was a "heart-wrenching story about a 9-year-old boy who concealed the accidental death of his mother for a month, leaving her body in their home because he was afraid of being sent to an orphanage, the Post goes with the bad taste headline of the year, century and millennium: "Mother Died, but Boy, 9, Kept Mum."
Because we were an alien family, dad and mum were very keen that we learnt how to compose ourselves in this new society.
Advice to all: Study the older royals for the way they manage good proportions, especially the British Queen Mum, and don't forget to study your own full-length hatted reflection--front, back, and profile--before hitting the street.