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To: Mephisto who wrote (12587)	11/23/1999 11:42:00 AM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 62558

Drug-Running Priest Did It for the Kids? Tuesday November 23 7:05 AM ET dailynews.yahoo.com SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A Brazilian priest caught with 11 kilos of cocaine hidden beneath his cassock told police he was trafficking the drugs to save a struggling day care center, local media said on Monday. Police caught Father Jorge Saliba trying to board a flight from Sao Paulo to Amsterdam in what the priest said was his fifth international drug run. Saliba said each delivery paid $30,000, money that he said went to a church-sponsored children's day-care center in Sao Paulo's poor urban neighborhood of Freguesia do O, the news wire Agencia Estado said. Brazil, while not a major drug-producing nation, is sometimes used as a way station by smugglers trying to get drugs to rich markets. In a federal probe underway here, a long list of prominent officials were implicated last week in drug-trafficking, including a well-known university professor and the former president of a local soccer team.

To: Mephisto who wrote (12587)	11/23/1999 11:45:00 AM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 62558

sniglets~CARPERPETUATION (kar' pur pet u a shun) n. The act, when vacuuming, of running over a string or a piece of lint a dozen times, reaching down, picking it up, examining it, then putting it back down to give the vacuum one more chance. DISCONFECT (dis kon fekt') v. To sterilize the piece of candy you dropped on the floor by blowing on it to 'remove' the germs. ECNALUBMA (ek na lub' ma) n. A rescue vehicle which can only be seen in the rearview mirror. EIFFELITES (eye' ful eyetz) n. Gangly people sitting in front of you at the movies who, no matter what direction you lean in, follow suit. ELBONICS (el bon' iks) n. The actions of two people maneuvering for one armrest in a movie theater. ELECELLERATION (el a cel er ay' shun) n. The mistaken notion that the more you press an elevator button the faster it will arrive. FRUST (frust) n. The small line of debris that refuses to be swept onto the dust pan and keeps backing a person across the room until he finally decides to give up and sweep it under the rug. LACTOMANGULATION (lak' to man gyu lay' shun) n. Manhandling the "open here" spout on a milk container so badly the only resort is to open the "illegal" side. PEPPIER (pehp ee ay') n. The waiter at a fancy restaurant whose sole purpose seems to be walking around asking diners if they want ground pepper. PHONESIA (fo nee' zhuh) n. The affliction of dialing a phone number and forgetting whom you were calling just as they answer. PUPKUS (pup' kus) n. The moist residue left on a window after a dog presses its nose to it. TELECRASTINATION (tel e kras tin ay' shun) n. The act of always letting the phone ring at least twice before you pick it up, even though you're six inches away.