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London's Evening Standard filled its front page Thursday with two stories--the death of British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes and the award of libel damages of more than $160,000 each to Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman over allegations in a British newspaper that their marriage was a "hypocritical sham" to cover up their homosexuality.
A report from Iowa repeats the conventional wisdom that the Ames straw poll is a sham.
Skeptics called it a pork-ridden sham, based on bookkeeping gimmicks.
Although the city called such practices, "sham compliance," the court has ruled, says the Times , that they comply with the city's guidelines, which say nothing about the profitability or turnover of stock.
Optimists hailed it as a restrained and responsible measure that "limits spending in a booming economy ." Skeptics called it a pork-ridden sham , based on bookkeeping gimmicks.