MISSOURIANA

So many Cabinet officers are leaving the Clinton administration that Republicans don't know whether to charge presidential disillusionment or flight to avoid prosecution.

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The only reason Hollywood continues to make films more and more violent is because moviegoers keep mistaking the last ones for real-life crime documentaries.

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How's this for an excuse for collegiate tolerance of athletes betting on football games: It's a way for student players to learn a trade -- managing gambling casinos.

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Missouri's largest employer, McDonnell Douglas, misses out on the largest military contract in U.S. history. The project coaches must have been borrowed from the St. Louis Rams.

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Missourians obviously believe in the old adage that a woman's place in the home. The state has put three of them in the U.S. House.

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Members of the state salary commission say legislators' expense accounts should be doubled to avoid free meals from lobbyists. What planet did those commissioners come from?