2: President Clark's Golden Cock is cursed, somewhat in the way that the loadstone is cursed in NetHack. He can't ever get rid of it. It can be taken away, it can even be apparently destroyed, but at some point while he's not looking, it will reappear somewhere noticeable to the public in his office (on one of the shelves behind his desk, say, where it can be seen when he gives TV addresses).

--G.
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