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"The current Clinton-appointed board has thumbed its nose at congressional attempts to focus the Legal Services Corp. on its mission of helping indigent litigants in certain types of proceedings."
Despite the B-2's piddling role over Serbia so far--two missions involving a total of four planes--the Wall Street Journal 's Paul Gigot thumbed his nose last Friday at Democrats who had opposed the bomber, cracking wise about "B-2 Bill" and suggesting the Pentagon could use 40 more of the machines.
The Post mentions the outcome of the August 14 Iowa straw poll, but doesn't say that McCain thumbed his nose at it and trotted off to New Hampshire instead.
The tabs, suffering from an overload of nostalgia, read like magazines one might have thumbed through while waiting backstage at the Mike Douglas or Merv Griffin shows.