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To: Ish who wrote (59862)	5/17/2001 2:35:40 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 71178

if there even is a ticket - out here a stunt like taht means go directly to jail and forfeit your license. His name of record isn't actually Ozymandias. Wife put her foot down that time. But the story behind that is that Alexander is a name that has been in the family, and I didn't really want to use it, but Ozymandias (the babylonian version of A. the Great) sort of came to mind. Either Shelley or Yeats had this marvelous poem about giant statues turning to dust in the Near eastern desert. The crumbling pedestal of one bore the inscription: "I am OZYMANDIAS, Lord of Kings. Look upon my works, ye mortals, and despair." I figure that A. the Great makes Bill Gates look like an amateur in the fame and fortune department. And even so, time, that harsh mistres, has erased most of the memory of him. Nothing human lasts very long.

To: Ish who wrote (59862)	5/17/2001 9:16:19 PM
From: JF Quinnelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

CHICAGO (AP) When Officer Maurice Burks' radar gun registered 160 mph, his first reaction was disbelief. But a quick check of the device revealed that it was working properly and that it was time to hustle after a speeding motorcyclist. Burks stopped Daemond Rogan, 32, on Wednesday and ticketed him for speeding in a 40 mph zone, which carries a $300 to $500 fine. Burks at first chased the motorcyclist along Chicago's Lake Shore Drive but could not keep up. But Rogan doubled back and got stopped on Michigan Avenue, police said. After double-checking the radar gun to ensure that it was working properly, police contacted a Honda motorcycle dealership to find out if the 1999 CBR 600F4 model Rogan was driving was really that fast. Police said they were told the top speed for that bike is 165 mph. "It seems almost unbelievable," Traffic Unit Cmdr. David Dougherty said. "The officers, who have been in the radar unit for 20 years-plus, say this is the fastest speed they can recall." Rogan, who was wearing a helmet, was also cited for running a red light and weaving.