1. October 23 2005 23:4' Donald Rumsfeld, US defence secretary, went to Mongolia at the weekend to see a man about a horse with no name.

2. Source: Songfacts.com Other songs with sizable constituencies –– at least 1 percent of the vote –– included Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods‘ "Billy, Don‘t Be a Hero," Paper Lace‘s "The Night Chicago Died," Starship‘s "We Built This City," Richard Harris‘ "MacArthur Park," Morris Albert‘s "Feelings," the Starland Vocal Band‘s "Afternoon Delight," the Archies‘ "Sugar, Sugar," Billy Ray Cyrus‘ "Achy Breaky Heart," Maria Muldaur‘s "Midnight at the Oasis," America‘s "A Horse with No Name," the Ohio Express‘ "Yummy Yummy Yummy," Los Del Rio‘s "The Macarena" and Don McLean‘s "American Pie." (If neither "Honey" nor "We Built This City," two songs that inspired this story, hit the top five, perhaps it was because readers were already satiated with them.) In reading these e–mails, one‘s heart has to go out to people in at least two occupations: retail clerks, who are subjected to loops of gloopy music all day long; and disc jockeys, who must play it.