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signed onto Le Matrix, and his girlfriend was on-line right
now. Her cyberspace presence was the only thing keeping him
from going completely apeshit.
R u nervous? Mr. Grid had just asked. Her question appeared
as a short line of type next to her screen name.
Fuck, yes, I'm nervous! he typed. Using obscenities was a
TOS offense on Le Matrix, but they were in a private room
where no one else could hear them, and Mr. Grid had long
since become used to his salty language. Wouldn't you be?
In Los Angeles, entertainer and civil rights activist Michael
Jackson led two thousand marchers through the city's South
Central neighborhood, in a peaceful demonstration agal . nst
alleged assaults against black residents by L.A. police offi-






cers. At the same time, across town in Hollywood, Jackson's
common-law wife Brooke Shields held a press conference in
ftont of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, in which she turned
down last week's Oscar nomination for Best Actress as a pro-
test against what she called American apartheid ...
Why nervous? I'd LOVE to go to the Moon!:) she responds.
He scowls. He hates it when she uses smiley-faces. How
many times has he told her that he considers cute on-screen
emotons to be the last resort of the illiterate? Sure, she's try-
ing to cheer him up, but still ...
A spokesman for Bob Dole told reporters today that the
former President saw no wrongdoing in recent disclosures
that he had accepted sizable contributions from European-
owned companies during his 1992 reelection campaign. Mr.






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Dole, present in Wichita this morning for the dedication c
monies of his presidential library, refused to answer q
tions from reporters ...
Good, he types. Then you can go ... I'll stay here.
Mr. Grid's response: LOL! u sure are cranky tonight. Wh
your problem?
Pizza is late, Thor200 replies, his fingers flying across