No. 344: "Futurific"
"If I'm president, it won't happen for a long time. If I'm not, it will happen immediately." Who said this about what?
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Wednesday's Question (No. 343)--"You Be the Editor":
You are making up the front page of the Kuwait Times (online edition) for Wednesday, Nov. 24. What is the headline for your lead story?
"Hey, George Clooney, Where's Our Gold?"--Francis Heaney (Al Petrosky had a similar answer.)
"Insider: What the Exxon-Mobil Merger Means to Your Rolls-Royce Collection."--Al Petrosky
"A Thanksgiving Miracle: Children Starving in Iraq."--Mac Thomason
"G.W. Bush Arrives for Impromptu Friendship Visit: Shalom, Kuwaiters and Kuwaitresses."--Michele Siegel (similarly, Steve Plummer)
"Firm of Bush, Baker, Scowcroft, and Sununu Wins Another Big New Government Contract: 'We'll Forever Owe 'Em,' Official Explains."--Michael C Doyle
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