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■ As Hillary Clinton shops for housing in New York, President Clinton attends Democratic fundraiser featuring Eugene O’Neill play The Iceman Cometh on Broadway. Lines from one character’s speech in last act: “I’d see in her eyes how she was trying not to know, and then telling herself even if it was true, he couldn’t help it, they tempt him, and he’s lonely, he hasn’t got me, it’s only his body, anyway, he doesn’t love them, I’m the only one he loves. . . . She forgave me even when it all had to come out in the open. You know how it is when you keep taking chances. You may be lucky for a long time but you get nicked in the end.” … In wake of Vice President Al Gore tardily describing Clinton’s behavior in Lewinsky affair as “terribly wrong,” White House official tells New York Times about presidential reaction: “He is expressing how hurt he is and his dismay at the vice president. It is not a passing thing. He is very upset.” . . . Hart-Teeter poll: 65 percent rate Clinton’s “values and standards” as “weak” or “deplorable.”

■ Star of Budweiser commercials, “Louie the Lizard,” is better known than Gore among kids ages 2 to 17, according to University of Pennsylvania survey. . . . George W. Bush: “I’ve got a lot to learn. But should I be fortunate enough to be elected, I’ll be ready.” . . . Bush plans campaign autobiography, schedules Nov. 20 release date. . . . Steve Forbes names Alveda King, niece of Martin Luther King Jr., as national co-chairman of campaign. . . . Dan Quayle proposes extending child-care tax credit to mothers who stay at home with kids: “Every mother is a working mother. The term ‘working mother’ is redundant.” . . . Pat Buchanan downplays speculation he might bolt GOP for Reform Party. . . . Buchanan advisor Lyn Nofziger on Sen. Orrin Hatch (R., Utah) running for president: “Hatch is a tool of George W. Bush. He picks up the Mormon conservative vote that otherwise would go to Pat and Gary Bauer.” . . . New York mayor Rudy Giuliani has given $1,000 to Elizabeth Dole’s and John McCain’s campaigns, and $500 to Bush. . . . New Hampshire passes law allowing primary to be held in 1999, if necessary, to maintain first-in-nation status.

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■ As Hillary Clinton shops for housing in New York, President Clinton attends Democratic fundraiser featuring Eugene O’Neill play The Iceman Cometh on Broadway. Lines from one character’s speech in last act: “I’d see in her eyes how she was trying not to know, and then telling herself even if it was true, he couldn’t help it, they tempt him, and he’s lonely, he hasn’t got me, it’s only his body, anyway, he doesn’t love them, I’m the only one he loves. . . . She forgave me even when it all had to come out in the open. You know how it is when you keep taking chances. You may be lucky for a long time but you get nicked in the end.” … In wake of Vice President Al Gore tardily describing Clinton’s behavior in Lewinsky affair as “terribly wrong,” White House official tells New York Times about presidential reaction: “He is expressing how hurt he is and his dismay at the vice president. It is not a passing thing. He is very upset.” . . . Hart-Teeter poll: 65 percent rate Clinton’s “values and standards” as “weak” or “deplorable.”

■ Star of Budweiser commercials, “Louie the Lizard,” is better known than Gore among kids ages 2 to 17, according to University of Pennsylvania survey. . . . George W. Bush: “I’ve got a lot to learn. But should I be fortunate enough to be elected, I’ll be ready.” . . . Bush plans campaign autobiography, schedules Nov. 20 release date. . . . Steve Forbes names Alveda King, niece of Martin Luther King Jr., as national co-chairman of campaign. . . . Dan Quayle proposes extending child-care tax credit to mothers who stay at home with kids: “Every mother is a working mother. The term ‘working mother’ is redundant.” . . . Pat Buchanan downplays speculation he might bolt GOP for Reform Party. . . . Buchanan advisor Lyn Nofziger on Sen. Orrin Hatch (R., Utah) running for president: “Hatch is a tool of George W. Bush. He picks up the Mormon conservative vote that otherwise would go to Pat and Gary Bauer.” . . . New York mayor Rudy Giuliani has given $1,000 to Elizabeth Dole’s and John McCain’s campaigns, and $500 to Bush. . . . New Hampshire passes law allowing primary to be held in 1999, if necessary, to maintain first-in-nation status.