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...called soft money, which flows without limit from labor unions, corporations and wealthy individuals to the national parties. Direct gifts to candidates, called hard money, is strictly limited ($1,000 per candidate per election from individuals). But soft money, which goes to the parties, can be given with abandon. Insiders like to say, "It's soft because it isn't hard...
...trained cardiologist, was in England when he learned that his own father was taking Ayurvedic medicine, the traditional Indian herbal cure, for a heart condition. The doctor disapproved. "His success in the system demanded his belief in the system," Chopra writes, and from London he "demanded that my grandfather abandon this nonsense and call in a Western-style heart specialist." The old man did, "and died two weeks later...
Joan Mellen's good idea was to do a double biography of both, Hellman and Hammett (HarperCollins; 572 pages). They were colorful, talented, careless people who lived hard, fought with abandon and traveled impetuously, seeking out their gifted contemporaries in an American movable feast. Both believed that sexual freedom was a natural right. Their passions, personal and professional, could be an opportunity to examine American cultural history from the 1930s to the 1970s--the life of the left and of the theater, which were often related. The trouble is that Mellen's interest in that fascinating world is only perfunctory...
...talent in our generation wanted to play jazz--not enough external rewards for swinging. Then I called the J Master...When he plays, the entire history of jazz piano resonates. He is a true original, a real jazzman, not afraid to swing and play the blues with authority, intelligence, abandon and soul. Yes, with soul...
...their children have outgrown, and they get a 20% credit toward their next purchase. The children who receive our clothes are able to hold up their head a little higher. When a company is forced to reduce its work force, it does not automatically follow that it will also abandon social programs, even if they cost money. GUN DENHART Founder and Chairman of the Board Hanna Andersson Corp. Portland, Oregon