MISSOURIANA

Gov. Mario Cuomo says he won't be "stampeded" into making a decision on running for president. It's probably wise, however, if he decides by Nov. 3, 1992.

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Attorney General Bill Webster says someone leaked information about his appearance before a federal grand jury. Incontinence has always been an occupational hazard of politics.

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To make ends meet, Russians are turning to the barter system. Wonder what they'd give us for several hundred old savings and loan associations and 535 members of Congress?

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More than a million Americans will file for bankruptcy this year. You're getting old if you can remember when McDonald's boasted that's how many hamburgers it had sold.

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St. Louis officials continue buying back old pistols and rifles. If the program continues another month, St. Louis Police will be the world's sixth largest power.

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An optimist is someone who says he's happy the weather has turned wintry because he'll no longer have to clean bugs off his car windshield.