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□ Andrei Gromyko has made it through another funeral with no change of expression.

□ The Supreme Court, further clarifying our fundamental law, has ruled that Nativity scenes are taboo but Christmas trees and menorahs are okay on public property during what Justice Blackmun calls “the winter-holiday season.” Brennan, Marshall, Stevens, and O’Connor joined Blackmun on the Nativity scenes but Brennan, Stevens, and Marshall dissented on the menorah while Kennedy, Rehnquist, White, and Scalia agreed about the menorah but disagreed about the creche and Kennedy and Blackmun are not speaking to each other.

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□ Andrei Gromyko has made it through another funeral with no change of expression.

□ The Supreme Court, further clarifying our fundamental law, has ruled that Nativity scenes are taboo but Christmas trees and menorahs are okay on public property during what Justice Blackmun calls “the winter-holiday season.” Brennan, Marshall, Stevens, and O’Connor joined Blackmun on the Nativity scenes but Brennan, Stevens, and Marshall dissented on the menorah while Kennedy, Rehnquist, White, and Scalia agreed about the menorah but disagreed about the creche and Kennedy and Blackmun are not speaking to each other.