REPRESENTATIVE Thomas M. Davis III does not want an asterisk next to his name in some political almanac with a footnote reading, "Bungled Republican control of the House".
Nagasaki is listed as having a population of *253,000, and the footnote reads: "Before the atom bombing".
The Senate footnote reads: "There are also few CIA records detailing the rendition process for detainees and their transportation to or between detention sites.
One prim footnote reads: "We do not thoroughly comprehend the author's drift in the foregoing paragraph, but are inclined to think its tone reprehensible, and its tendency impolitic in the present stage of our national difficulties".
While bestriding the macro-economic agenda, the book's sideswipes against trendy micro-economics, often in footnotes, read like a sustained in-joke against the generation for whom all problems seemed solved, except the street price of cocaine in Georgetown.
Only one entry in this selection needs a footnote: the caption reads "I'm sorry, Jim, I love you but I hate Vermont".
Sorry, Instagrammers, but you will not be posting shots of your steak or salad, because a footnote on the menu reads "Photography is not permitted".
"Since Feb. 11, 1999, Mr. Romney has not had any active role with any Bain Capital entity and has not been involved in the operations of any Bain Capital entity in any way," reads a footnote to Mr. Romney's most recent federal financial disclosures.
Yet unlike makers of, say, yogurt or soft drinks, winemakers are required to disclose only one additive, sulfur dioxide, via that nearly ubiquitous footnote that reads, "contains sulfites".
