LOVETTSVILLE When the news from Seventeenth and M about Gil andBill reached the foot of the Short Hill Mountain last week, it leftthe Master of Mouse Trap Farm in a state of shock. It was as thoughthe Bobbsey Twins, Chang and Eng (the original Siamese duo), orLaurel and Hardy had decided to part company.
By way of background, Seventeenth and M is an intersection indowntown Washington, D.C., five blocks from the White House thatdefines the northwest corner of a most unusual empire over which Giland Bill have presided brilliantly for a decade: the NationalGeographic Society.
Suddenly it was all over. A tight-lipped announcement fromSociety headquarters on …
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