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Mort Hurst, who in 1991 ate 16 double-deck Moon Pies in ten minutes and 38 eggs in 29 seconds (he then had a stroke), announced in January that he would run for secretary of state of North Carolina against Richard Petty, a famous race car driver. Asked if he was intimidated by Petty’s name, Hurst said no: “I been on Paul Harvey’s [radio] show; I don’t think Petty has.”
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Seeds of Our Destruction
Included in the marriage vows exchanged in February by Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his bride, lawyer Mildred Trouillot: “When you [Mildred] see this ring, think of me and remember that you are the attorney of the Haitian people.” Mildred responded that Aristide should think of his ring as both a symbol of her love and a reminder that it was better to fail by the side of his countrymen than to succeed alone.
