Word: agent
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cinematography was crude and the quality grainy. Even so, television viewers were treated to a rare drama last week: seeing and hearing Democratic Congressman Michael ("Ozzie") Myers of Philadelphia accepting $50,000 from an undercover FBI agent posing as an intermediary for a fictitious Arab sheik and, in return, promising to sponsor a bill to enable the sheik to settle in the U.S. The Abscam tapes were first aired in short segments on all network evening newscasts, then in their 3½-hour entirety on the Public Broadcasting Service...
...turns out, Island Sojourn is nothing so interesting as that, nothing more than somebody else's account of moving out into the wilderness, where there are fewer telephones and the roads aren't as good. As if she sensed the reviewer's disappointment, the agent sent along a press kit; the enclosed bibliograhpy promises that the book is more than a "wilderness journal, it is a modern day Walden, and a reflection of Arthur's personal journey from innocence to experience...
...seems a bit cruel to take Arthur this seriously, though she and her press agent invited it, with their constant references to the father of American wilderness writing. Island Sojourn is actually fairly well-written, a sort of Swiss Family Robinson with interpersonal relationships, recommended reading for those planning on building a cabin in a cold-weather climate. And the accounts of Indian heigh-bors are as sensitive and revealing as any other account. But on her own lofty terms, Arthur's book is a failure of mission and accomplishment. Perhaps this quote from Kirkus--Jack and Jill for librarians...
...jury that took only 4½hours after a five-week trial to convict Jenrette, 44, and a longtime friend, John R. Stowe, of bribery. Added McDonald: "One picture is worth a thousand words." The video and telephone tapes showed Stowe accepting $50,000 from an undercover FBI agent and Jenrette agreeing to back legislation that would enable a fictitious Arab sheik to settle permanently in the U.S. The prosecution charged that Stowe had picked up the money as a middleman to insulate the Congressman from the payoff...
...mind whether she wants to be an opera star or a movie star, and while she dallies, she cannot even make enough money to pay for her sessions. When Hoffman refuses to treat her again until she pays up, she tries to shoot him but misses. Her agent (Baritone James Billings) tells her to make a choice, opera, stage or screen. Then the devil (Bass Harris Poor) appears in a gray three-piece suit. "Simply sign your name," he says, "and I guarantee you fame." Finally she is visited by Diaghilev (Tenor Nico Castel), who also offers her success...