@columhead = Career plans
"In future I will work in the areas I know well. In business I believe I can contribute particularly in property and resources." — Alan Bond, planning his future after being sentenced to four years in prison for stealing a billion dollars.
@columhead = Others row?
"Our new economy class offers you something others don't. Wings." — Air New Zealand ad.
@columhead = Ignorance is bliss
"As for articles [in the newspapers] concerning the PDI, it's better not to read them." — Suryadi, the government-installed head of the PDI (Indonesian Democratic Party), after newspapers reported that attempts at "consolidating" his leadership were disrupted by mass demonstrations by supporters of Megawati Sukarnoputri.
@columhead = Vigilant
"Indonesia must be vigilant of manoeuvres by the international communist network which wants to play one side off against the other with issues of tribe, religion, race and group along with human rights to split the nation." — Indonesian minister for research and technology B.J. Habibie, explaining recent "unrest".
@columhead = About time!
"A black day for Australia." — Queensland Premier Rob Borbidge's comment on Aboriginal owners' refusal to agree to a compensation package allowing the Century Zinc mine in north Queensland to go ahead.
@columhead = Like the rope and ...
"I think we have to let the investigation proceed, and we should all support it in every way we can." — US President Bill Clinton, commenting on a Washington Post report that the Justice Department is investigating illegal contributions from the Chinese government to Clinton's re-election campaign.