It was not as lusty as it sounds

WASHINGTON : There he was. President Clinton, back on trendy MTV — promoting community service, taking pizza and the Beatles, reflecting on the dangers of being president, reports AP.

And perhaps wooing some young voters along the way.

In a chatty 10-mlnute interview shown Monday night on the cable TV music channel, Clinton related how u Whfte House steward recently walked into his bedroom and caught the First Couple in bed.

But. the president added quickly. "It wasn't as lusty as Il sounds."

He said the steward "honestly" thought the Clintons were already out of bed. The steward was asked lo use a different door next time, Clinton said.

lie also admitted that he occasionally will "sneak around and eat" some pizza, even though the Secret Service doesn't like him to cal otder-oul food - because of

Asked by interviewer Tabitha Sorenson if he ever considered hosting a Beatles reunion at the White House, Clinton, a fan of the former British rock group, smiled and said he hadn't thought about it. but. It's not a bad idea.?

Clinton. 46, also noted that Rolling Stones lead singer Miek Jagger, who turns 50 on July 26, is "taking good cane of himself."

In a more somber moment. Clinton conceded that he occasionally considers the threats he faces as president.

Gays to join St Patrick's Day parade

BOSTON: A state appeals court judge upheld a ruling Monday allowing a gay and lesbian Irish group to march in the annual St Patrick's Day Parade through South Boston, reports AP.

In an Impassioned decision. Masschusetts Court of Appeals Judge Frederick L Brown likened attempts to exclude the gays to bigotry, which he called "an obscenity.

As a human being, not as a judge. I pray that one day hate and fear as well as discrimination ... will, like the dinosaur, be only a distant memory," Brown wrote.

The Irish American Gay. lesbian and Bisexual Pride Group of Boston is seeking to march for the second consecutive year over the objections of the sponsor, the South Boston Allied War Veterans Council.

Suffolk Superior Court Judge Hiller Zobel ruled last year — and again in February — that Ihc gay group could march tn the 92-year-okl parade because It was a pubhc event.

St. Patrick s Day is March 17 but Boston's parade Is March 14.

He is back on the stump

WASHINGTON: Far from fading into the sunset with his 19 million presidential votes. Ross Perot is back on the stump, carving himself a role In reducing the US deficit nnd reforming the government, reports AP.

Already this year, the 1992 independent candidate has barnstormed through Florida. Maine and Texas to promote his watchdog group. United We Stand America.

And Tuesday. Perot was to give an earful to the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress, a House-Senate panel that will recommend ways to streamline the legislative branch.

Next week. Perot says he'll travel to Colorado. New Mexico and California.

And on March 21. Perot will conduct United We Stand America's first tele vised town meeting lo dis cuss government reform Ptrot said the group is composed of "Idealistic, selfless nalriots." who will become

powerful enough to make demands of government ulluUus.

Perot already has praised President Clinton s February 17 economic speech to Congress, but contends Americans still don t have accurate numbers." on the administrations deficit cutting programme.