European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 a a the stars and stripes tuesday. February 20.1990 hazy about who said what Here a help Washington apr As Olio von Bismarck once said. Quot politics is the Art of the possible Quot a As possible As wrongly attributing the quote to a legendary Irish barkeeper. For pundits and politicians wanting to punch up their pronouncements with such Pithy remarks help is at hand. For s29. The Library of Congress will provide 2.100 similarly Sage sayings and with the right attribution. Over the cars the Library s congressional research service has found itself continually bombarded by requests for appropriate quotes for use in papers and speeches. Its researchers have discovered that Many a quote popularly attributed to a famous person was actually uttered or scribbled by someone else for example the German Chancellor s comment on politics often attributed to humorist Finley Peter Dunne s fictional or Dooley. The 520-Page volume titled Quot respectfully quoted a dictionary of quotations requested from the congressional research and for Sale by the government printing office has several similar examples. Lincoln s Quot you can fool All of the people some of the time and some of the people All of the time Quot has never been verified the volume Points out. Nor has Quot let them eat cake Quot alleged to Nave been said by Marie Antoinette when informed the French people had no bread. A winning in t everything it s the Only generally attributed to former Green Bay Packer coach Vince Lombardi was actually said by red Sanders at Vanderbilt in 1948, the volume reports. In fact it adds. Lombardi always denied having said it. Other corrections in attribution include Quot it is better that one Hundred guilty persons escape than one innocent person should Sufler Quot often attributed to supreme court justices Oliver Wendell Holmes or Louis bran Deis. Actually was first stated by Benjamin Franklin. Currently the most requested quotation the research service says is from a 1977 speech of former vice president Hubert h. Humphrey Quot it was once said that the moral test of government is How that government treats those who Are in the Dawn of life the children those who Are in the Twilight of life the elderly and those who arc in the shadows of life a the sick the needy and the a member of Congress contemplating action a or inaction a might consider British author . Chesterton or French statesman Georges Clemcnceau. Quot i do not believe in a Fate that Falls on men however they act but i do believe in a Fate that Falls on them unless they act Quot Chesterton wrote. A in order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible Man is satisfied with Clemcnceau once said. The collection is Replete with patriotic quotations always popular with politicians including Large sections under such headings As America. Democracy. Citizenship. Patriotism and Union. But quotations arc also included under such headings As Vietnam and watergate. Tyranny and violence. Hate and ignorance. Even a few last words Are included such As sir James m. Barrie s a to die will be an awfully big and a a done to give up the attributed to . Oliver Hazard Perry. Indeed that attribution to Perry is a strength of the volume which takes three paragraphs to note that the same quote has also been attributed to Many other historical area shivering under Blanket of Snow by the associated press Seattle area residents enduring record cold dug out from an unusual to much snowfall while another round of thunderstorms threatened the South with More flooding. A lavs Snow fell monday across Northern Arizona and state officials dosed a 200-mile stretch of East West interstate 40 Between Kingman and Winslow for seven hours before reopening it before noon. As of 7 . Flagstaff had 13 inches of Snow and the South rim of the grand Canyon reported 17 inches. Northern California monday from a Cave storms that dumped up to 6 incl of Snow in the High sierras knocking out Power to people. The Snow also triggered a mudslide that closed an 85-mile Section of interstate 80 from the Nevada Border to Applegate. Calif. The eastbound Side of the Highway reopened late sunday. Snow Quot also closed interstate 5 for several hours through the Grapevine a route through the mountains linking the Southern and Northern sections of the state. In Southern California a storm flooded los Angeles streets dropped Hail on sections of the City. A ram triggered sewage spill closed 18 Miles of Beach just West of los Angeles. Ollie Balsat a treatment Plant said they had to release some 7.6 million Gallons of partly treated sewage into Santa Monica Bay because of an overflow of Rainwater. In Washington state Road and Utility Crews were Bush around puget sound on sunday As a record cold spell set in alter snowstorms dumped As much As 10 on the Region. The weather was blamed for two Trail Quot deaths since late last week and caused Many Power outages. The Low temperature of 20 degrees sunday morning at Seattle Tacoma International Airport set a record for the Date. the previous Low of 21 in 1955. Winter woes were also plaguing cast Central Illinois where some 9.000 residents in Champaign remained without Power after Snow and ice storms knocked out lines last week. In Colorado one skier was rescued monday and a second was missing alter an Avalanche sunday near crested Butte. In the Southeast floods since late last week have been blamed for six deaths in Georgia Mississippi. Alabama and North Carolina. One Man was reported �3.�?T#. Workers try in Clear a mudslide that covered interstate 80 about 30 Miles East of Auburn in Northern California. Missing in Northern Alabama extensive flooding was reported All along the Coosa Black Warrior and Tallapoosa Rivers where dozens of families were forced to evacuate. President Bush declared a Federal disaster area saturday in six Central Alabama counties. I fighter rainfall led the National weather service to withdraw Flash flood watches monday for soggy Northwest Georgia where 12 inches of rain Friday caused extensive hooding. More than 1,000 were forced to leave their Homes. Fannin county authorities said about -00 people remained homeless sunday. In Chatt ooga county residents of Trion. A. Made do without electricity and water sunday after Friday s rampage of the Chatt ooga River. County sheriff Gary Mcconnell said about 200 families were still unable to return to their Homes. Weather service meteorologist Gary Bicley said residents might be fooled by the Light rain and fail to take precautions. He warned that larger Rivers often flooded Davs after heavy rain. Quot All the rain two or three Days ago is just now flowing into main Rivers and causing them to he said. Bread Yogurt mushrooms spices a no no new Orleans apr natural carcinogens in meat Grain and other foods Are a far greater danger than pesticides and additives accounting for More than 98 percent of the cancer risk in the diet a government scientist said monday. Even a minor reduction in these naturally occurring hazards he said would surpass the benefits of eliminating All traces of dangerous Man made chemicals. The culprits include not Only such recognized health hazards As fats and Beer but such seemingly innocent products As bread Yogurt mushrooms and Many spices including cinnamon and Nutmeg. Quot Ilie risk is from natural carcinogens in the duct because they overwhelm All the others Quot said or. Robert j. Scheuplein director of the Soltice of toxicological sciences at the . Food and drug administration. Lie contended that the Public is worried about the wrong risks in their diet in part because of exaggerated news accounts of such scares As alar in apples cyanide in grapes and dioxin in milk. Scheuplein based his conclusions on a statistical Analy Sis of the Quantity of career causing agents in the diet. Lie said that the risk of dying from cancer from dietary exposure to both natural and Man made carcinogens or substances was 7.7 percent. The risk from naturally occurring carcinogens alone was 7.6 percent. Quot most of the risks Are people s personal Scheuplein said. Quot they Are not imposed on people by corporations. Apparently that a a hard lesson. People want to blame Scheuplein presented his findings at a meeting of the american association for the advancement of science. Or. Frank Young a former Fra commissioner who is now Deputy assistant Secretary of health and human services said he agreed with Sevcu Plein s Contention. Quot the headline should not be. All foods cause cancer or drop dead. Done to eat a Quot Young said. Quot the Good news is let us not As a nation focus just on the technological food additives. We ought to focus on the big issues As
