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HOW FAST CAN YOU DRINK PICKLE JUICE? A contest at the eighth International Picklefest in Rosendale, N.Y., could provide the answer.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21
"BORKED" AND "MIERED." Clement Haynsworth, President Nixon's nominee for the Supreme Court, was rejected by the Senate, 55 to 45, on this date in 1969. At the time, he was the first nominee rejected on a Senate vote since 1930. The following year, Nixon's next nominee, G. Harrold Carswell, was also voted down. Only one other Supreme Court nominee since, Robert Bork, has lost in the Senate (and his name became a verb that describes his treatment in Washington). Two others have withdrawn: Douglas Ginsburg in 1987 and Harriet Miers last month. And liberal groups are gunning for the latest nominee, Samuel Alito.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22
ONE MORE CHANCE TO GET INSIDE THE MIND OF GREENSPAN. The Federal Reserve Board releases the minutes of its November meeting. Economists and Wall Street money managers are sure to pore over them. They'll be looking for any signs that high energy prices are bleeding into the broad economy. Already, there is a growing sense that the Fed might raise interest rates by half a percentage point--not the typical quarter point of the past dozen rate increases--at its December meeting to stave off inflation. Such a move would also allow current Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan to finish his fight against inflation before stepping down on January 31, when he is scheduled to hand over the Fed's reins to Bush nominee Ben Bernanke.
With Silla Brush, Betsy Querna, Paul J. Lim and Carol Hook
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