JANUARY
16, 2007 --
Researching
via Google indicates that, in 1985, Chief Judge Sol Wachtler of the
New York Court of Appeals, originated the comment that district attorneys
could get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich.
LPR offers this variation: Any reporter on The New York Times could make a
ham sandwich the basis of a scandal allegation against a Republican member
of Congress. [Pause.] Indeed, LPR wonders if such ability is a key factor in
the hiring of Times reporters.
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(LPR also wonders if
Chief Judge Wachtler said ham -- or pastrami -- when he first made the
remark in an interview with Marcia Kramer.)
And speaking of the Times: is it going to do a Randy Johnson with The Boston
Globe, which it presently owns?
(The New York Yankees acquired Pitcher Johnson from the Arizona Diamondbacks
in 2005, and are now de-acquiring him back to the Diamondbacks.) |
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