The NYT and WP fronts don't mention the open houses. Nor does the Wall Street Journal Tax Report. On its front, the LAT has only a tiny box reefer pointing to the story deep inside.

That same day, though, a front-page "reefer" item (a paragraph referring the reader to a story on an inside page) read: "Local entrepreneur Jimmy Hewatt is closing the door on a 34-year career of innovations in the building-supply business."

The New York Times ran a "reefer," or paragraph on the front page referring to a story on an inside page, with the new term for "change of mind" subtly noted: "President Bush and Prime Minister John Major of Britain announced that some increased food aid to the Soviet Union would bypass the central authorities and be sent directly to republics struggling for greater autonomy. The step was called 'a natural evolution of policy.' "