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"Apparently, the basic philosophy for the exhibit -- 'the power of the individual to make a difference' -- is the antithesis of that espoused by many within the Smithsonian bureaucracy, which is 'only movements and institutions make a difference, not individuals.'"

-- Catherine B. Reynolds, explaining in the February 5 Washington Post why she canceled her $38 million gift for a "great Americans" exhibit at the Smithsonian

"It is very hard to mark the market when there is no market to market."

-- Craig Goodman, president and CEO of the National Energy Marketers Association, on the impact of Enron's bankruptcy on deregulation, at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners conference in Washington, February 12

Source

Is it safe to talk here? Attorney General John Ashcroft reportedly is considering plans to relax decades-old restrictions on the FBI's power to spy on U.S.-based religious and political organizations. A new American Civil Liberties Union report responds by detailing the restrictions' historical raison d'être: J. Edgar Hoover's extended surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr. Read about the FBI's smear campaign against the civil rights leader at www.aclu.org/action/spy107.html.