Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Paula Jones Steals Show At Dinner > WASHINGTON (AP) -- The crowd cheered for Warren Beatty > and Annette Bening, but it was Paula Jones who stole > the show. > > Onlookers who lined up to see political, media and > Hollywood stars at the annual White House > Correspondents Association dinner Saturday night > screamed and pushed against the guard ropes when Mrs. > Jones entered the Washington Hilton, just minutes > before President Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham > Clinton pulled up at another entrance. > > Dressed in a brocaded teal blue dress, Mrs. Jones, with > husband Stephan and spokeswoman Susan Carpenter > McMillan, was rushed down an escalator by uniformed > police as plainclothed security guards grabbed > photographers by the arms to hold them back. > > The Jones party was herded across one pre-dinner > reception, conducted through the kitchen and a series > of service corridors before they mounted a small > stairway and arrived at a party hosted by magazine > Vanity Fair, where Mrs. Jones requested a glass of > chardonnay. Asked by a reporter whether she was > overwhelmed by the crowd, Mrs. Jones pursed her lips > and nodded. > > Moments later, the Jones party made its way slowly > through the cocktail reception on an outdoor terrace. > Besieged by photographers, she signed autographs and > indulged requests by dinner guests to have their > picture taken with her. > > She greeted new Rep. Mary Bono, R-Calif., with a hug > and said of her husband Sonny's death, ``I cried and I > cried.'' > > Even as she mingled among more than 2,000 members of > the media, she refused to speak to any of them and > nervously asked her husband why Carpenter McMillan > wasn't doing the same. > > ``Oh no, is she talking to a reporter?'' she said. > > Carpenter McMillan said: ``This is very important to > Paula (to be here) to show that Clinton can run but he > can't hide.'' > > Clinton was scheduled to address the black-tie crowd of > some 2,600 reporters, politicians and celebrity guests > later in the evening. > > Mrs. Jones, a guest of conservative magazine Insight, > was assigned a table at the rear of the huge ballroom, > far from Clinton's seat at the head table. As dinner > began, she entered the room holding the hands of the > security guards who guided her to the table. > > Beatty and Bening -- invited by Newsweek -- signed > autographs alongside Richard Dreyfuss and Michael > Douglas, as Barbara Walters chatted with Sens. John > Glenn, D-Ohio, and John Warner, R-Va. nearby. > > NBC White House correspondent Andrea Mitchell and > husband Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal > Reserve, told comedian Al Franken how much they liked > his new Washington-based sitcom, ``Lateline.'' > > Donna Shalala, secretary of health and human services, > conversed with former Clinton administration colleague > George Stephanopolous, and Secretary of State Madeline > Albright worked a reception hall just yards away from > Henry Kissinger, who was doing the same. > > Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, reportedly > invited by several news organizations, stayed away, as > did her normally media friendly lawyer, William > Ginsburg, who canceled an appearance at the last > minute. > > Mrs. Jones is pursuing a sexual harassment suit against > the president. -- Two rules in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know. 2. Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
