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...where did all of this desperation come from? New York, you say? Good answer, but desperation goes too far back and strays too far afield from New York. For all its Newest Wave, mod feel, Susan traces its anxious female motif back to the gangster melodrama films of the 30's, with one twist. Like the vapid blonds in film noir, our housewife seeks her thrills in a more happening world, but there the comparison must end. Her idol is not a man, but Susan; her goal not to grab her idol's pants, but to wear them...
...Rich-Quick Fantasy. As what the tabloids promptly dubbed Lotto Lunacy became epidemic, some 4,000 outlets across the state handled 72 million separate bets. The storm of ticket buying reached such a pitch that thousands of hopeful pilgrims flocked in from Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and even farther afield. Players who spent as long as three hours in line came with big dreams of what they would buy (a Tudor house, the New York Yankees), small ones (roller skates for little brother) or get-even ones (buy the firm and fire the boss) if their luck prevailed...
These secrecy regulations often go far afield of any reasonable definition of national security. Indeed, the requirements of prepublication review now reach several federal departments and agencies and areas of sponsored research which have no relationship to national security matters. Nor is the regulatory scheme limited to research that is federally funded. Instead, it is being extended to broad categories of research and information--such as cryptography and nuclear energy--that are deemed to be so sensitive and important that the federal government must intervene whether or not it is paying for the research...
...Hunt painted Helms as an out of touch crusader concerned only with national and international issues. Along this line, the Democrats sought to turn a recent Helms "coup" against him-they said that when Helms garnered the endorsements of 23 American ambassadors it showed that his interests lie far afield. Though Helms has repeatedly said that he has no interest in heading the Senate Foreign Relations Committee should Charles Percy, the current chairman, lose in Illinois, Hunt supporters are saying this latest action belies his protestations. The implication in all this is that Jim Hunt will concentrate on doing what...
...winnings with his brother, sister and father. "We want to stay just the way we are." But by the end of the press conference, the new millionaire said wearily, "I gotta go find a beer." After two days of talk shows and streams of visitors, he sought refuge farther afield. "He called me from out of state this morning," said a lottery official. "He said that he's had enough for this week...