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■ What do the following have in common: the Titanic, Bill Clinton, the Hindenburg, Donna Shalala, the Morro Castle, Robert Reich, the Andrea Doria?

■ At the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, President Clinton offered his suspicion that Rush Limbaugh had defended Janet Reno’s handling of the Waco cult only because she had been attacked by a black congressman, viz., John Conyers of Michigan. Get it? Rush is racist! As it happens, Mr. Limbaugh was defending her even before Representative Conyers told her off. We wouldn’t presume to ask that Mr. Clinton tell the truth, but—stick to breaking promises, Bill.

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■ What do the following have in common: the Titanic, Bill Clinton, the Hindenburg, Donna Shalala, the Morro Castle, Robert Reich, the Andrea Doria?

■ At the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, President Clinton offered his suspicion that Rush Limbaugh had defended Janet Reno’s handling of the Waco cult only because she had been attacked by a black congressman, viz., John Conyers of Michigan. Get it? Rush is racist! As it happens, Mr. Limbaugh was defending her even before Representative Conyers told her off. We wouldn’t presume to ask that Mr. Clinton tell the truth, but—stick to breaking promises, Bill.