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August Doldrums in Washington Hint at News Vacuum
AP reports Washington gears down each August yet this year is busy. The piece riffs on McColdrum the imagined expert noting tax revisions, Gramm Rudman cuts, and varied events from South Africa to Chernobyl, plus the Willard Hotel reopening with George Bush as VP.
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