NDER@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (Holly) writes:

>Since I deleted the original posting with responses I just created a new
>posting for this.  Joanna responded to my posting regarding the automatic
>friendship of Billie and Gina.  She likes the friendship, while I find it
>weird.  Joanna you're right that Gina is the one initiating that Billie
>be there, but Billie is playing into this.  She is the ONLY person on the
>show that didn't know Hope, therefore she is not pressuring Gina to
>remember.  Also the ulterior motive here is that Billie is also the ONLY
>one (in Salem) who doesn't want her to be Hope.  I guess I just see this
>that Billie isn't being sincere.  Bo keeps telling her how unselfish and
>amazing she is, well I've always adhered to the idea that if someone has
>to tell everyone this then their actions don't prove it.  I used to really
>like Billie, but TIIC have ruined her character (IMHO).  I want Gina to be
>Hope because I've always liked Hope and Mrs. H could really use her
>granddaughter to be alive, but if she's not going to be TIIC better use
>KA's talents to the fullest and write a decent storyline for her.
> 
 I can't tell what Billie's angle is on this.  I think she really does
 have a good heart and there have been no signs of maliciousness (
 is that a word?) on her part.  The only thing she did was pray and
 ask that it not be Hope.  Which, under the circumstances, is 
 understandable.  However, I want it to be HOpe and I want Bo and
 Hope to get together becasue I'm getting tired of Billie's
 lack of spine.  She used to be such an interesting character-when
 she and Jack were teamed up on that whole money scheme.  I 
 especially liked when she was trying to act like Miranda Miller to
 get the book published.  She had spunk and initiative.  Somewhere
 between that time and her murder trial, she became a weak,
 dependent, whiny brat whose entire world, as she told Austin
 at the trial, depended on Bo.  Tiresome to watch.  Maybe she and
 Victor can get together.  He's always talking about how much he
 likes and respects her.  That would be an interesting twist and
 would certainly compound the mother/daughter friction between 
 Billie and Kate.  I'm only kidding, but it would be different.

 Oh, and if KA is anyone but Hope I will be furious!

 Kristen

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From: diggs@ils.nwu.edu (Arnease Diggs)
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Subject: Re: Y&R: Little NICK!!
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In article <Pine.3.87.9406280911.D15795-0100000@libra.naz.edu>,
lcwillia@libra.naz.edu (Linda C Williams) wrote:

> Interesting thought from my soap pal Chris---
> 
> What if they get into homosexuality with Nick? Did a buddy come onto
> him at school and that's why he split?? Why is he so hot to cruise for
> babes??
>  
> Linda



FUNNY!!!  I thought the exact same thing after watching yesterday's
episode..I guess he came back to Genoa City to find his "manhood"...HA HA
HA!!  Can you imagine the blow up when Daddy Victor (I absolutely HATE IT
when Colleen calls Brad this) gets wind of this????  I'll be ROTFL...   

Speaking of Brad/Colleen/Tracy/Lauren/Steve....this whole story line makes
me sick!!!  First of all, Tracy needs to go home; she irritates me to
absolutely no end!!! (can't you tell).  When will she realize that Brad
doesn't want her???  And Brad....I used to like him in the beginning; now
he is annoying as hell too (ever since that Cassandra business).  Then
there's Lauren;  I'm sick of her too....she needs to get a life!  She
should've busted on Sheila  a long time ago.  Finally Steve..with his no
acting self; reminds me of Ridge on B&B.  Don't get me started on the bug
and Paul..another couple of no acting souls....  Let's see, who do I like;
Drucilla and Neil's brother Malcolm; who I think is way hotter than Neil. 
I like the new Mamie (always hated her name; makes her sound like a slave).
 .Phew...I'm glad I got that off my chest 

Thanks so much to the updaters....I've been a lurker on  r.a.t.s for some
time now; I really appreciate the work you do...keeps me from wearing out
the ff button on the remote.

Arnease. 
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In article <DwFmoc2w165w@Garg.Campbell.CA.US>,
Marty Chinn  <drknight@Garg.Campbell.CA.US> wrote:

>Nintendo did not overhype DK Country. In fact nobody new about it until 
>the show and when people saw it, people were blown away when they found 
>out it wasn't Project Reality and only a 16 bit SNES.

   What exactly is Donkey Schlong Country?  Another Nintendo run-n-jump?
Big deal.

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               RFE/RL Daily Report
                                   No. 121, 28 June 1994
 
KUCHMA, KRAVCHUK DIFFER ON NPT. The two leading presidential
candidates differ on the urgency of Ukraine's acceding to the
non-proliferation treaty (NPT). ITAR-TASS on 26 June said
President Kravchuk told journalists that he would call upon
parliament to immediately accede to the NPT "with certain
provisos" if elected. According to Interfax and Reuters reports of
the same day, Leonid Kuchma stated that NPT accession is a low
priority and that he would not press parliament for action until
$1 billion in aid for denuclearization was received from the US.
The latter figure is far larger than the approximately $350
million now allocated to Ukraine under the Nunn-Lugar act. Kuchma,
the former chief of a missile plant, has a mixed record on the
nuclear weapons issue. While prime minister he was instrumental in
negotiating the Massandra protocols which paved the way for the
Trilateral Accord which requires Ukraine to transfer all its
nuclear weapons to Russia. Even so, Kuchma supported the accord
only half-heartedly. In June 1993 Kuchma reportedly told
parliament during a closed debate that Ukraine should become a
nuclear state, but he is only on the public record as suggesting
that Ukraine join the NPT with a "special status" specifying that
Ukraine possesses nuclear weapons temporarily.  John Lepingwell,
RFE/RL, Inc.
 
REFERENDUM ON BLACK SEA FLEET. In a non-binding referendum
conducted simultaneously with the presidential election, voters in
Sevastopol were able to express their opinion on whether the Black
Sea Fleet should remain based there, according to Interfax and
UNIAN reports of 27 June. Not surprisingly, 83% of those voting
(turnout was approximately 64%) voted in favor of keeping the
fleet. Preliminary vote counts showed Leonid Kuchma winning 82.6%
of the vote in Crimea as a whole, with President Kravchuk placing
a distant second with 7.2% of the vote. Interfax claimed that
Kuchma won 89% of the vote from fleet personnel based in Izmail
and Mykolaiv. (Many fleet personnel are Russian citizens and
therefore ineligible to vote.) John Lepingwell, RFE/RL, Inc.
 
UKRAINE VOTE UNDERLINES EAST-WEST SPLIT. In Ukraine's presidential
elections on 26 June, President Leonid Kravchuk received about 45%
of the vote, with former Prime Minister Leonid Kuchma finishing
second with roughly 35%, according to still partial and unofficial
results. Kravchuk and Kuchma will thus compete in the second round
of the elections scheduled for 10 July. Preliminary election
results underline the political gap that divides the eastern and
western portions of the country; this division has prompted new
press speculation on the viability of Ukraine as a single, unified
state. Unofficial data show that Kravchuk, running on a platform
of national independence, was strong in independence-conscious
western Ukraine, winning 90% of the vote in Lviv, 70% in Rovno,
and 82% in Ternopil. In some towns on the Polish border, Kravchuk
won as much as 99% of the vote, according to PAP. In contrast,
Kuchma, who campaigned for closer ties with Russia, appears to
have won majorities in the Donbass and other regions of
industrialized eastern Ukraine. In Crimea, Kuchma took 82.5% of
the vote. Conservative Oleksandr Moroz and free-market reformer
Volodymyr Lanovy appeared to be running a distant third and
fourth, Western agencies report. Rukh leaders indicated they will
support Kravchuk in the 
