In a message dated 97-12-16 18:06:45 EST, malcolm@wolfenet.com writes: << So the President's new pooch has been named Buddy, after his recently deceased uncle apparently, as opposed to it being the Oval Office's official stand on the significance and importance of Salinger's literary protagonists in 20th Century literature. :-) >> lol. that's great! seems to be the case...perhaps the 'uncle story' is merely a cover up--along the lines of 'checkers' ---, attempting to conceal the fact that the government does indeed have some knowledge of relevent matter buried under all that red tape...or maybe the pup is just named after the dead uncle. : )