"This is not a drill!"

[Career Prole]

"...another reunion of Reagan officials got under way to literal pandemonium over a false alarm on Capitol Hill."
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"In a scene reminiscent of the evacuation of the White House on Sept. 11, 2001, women took off their heels and men took off their jackets and everybody raced down the steps, hair and handbags flying, pursued by police officers who told them they could not stop in spite of the heat.

By the time the group did stop in a patch of grass between the Senate building and Union Station, everyone was soaked with sweat.

'Some of these people are not 13,' observed Tutwiler."

Ho-hum story, I know...I don't recommend it to anyone. I just wanted to bring you this, a mental image to treasure, the pièce de résistance...

"I didn't know Rupert Murdoch could run so fast," said Collacello.

Story at :
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2203382,00.html