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...details of two funds were surrounded by mystery for more than three years. It gradually became known that they had raised and spent roughly $1 million, mostly in money from private donors, to smooth the transition from the Carter to the Reagan Administration. But the General Accounting Office, an arm of Congress, was refused access to the books. Leaks about who got how much from the funds appeared; White House aides reportedly quarreled among themselves about how much to disclose and when Jacob Stein, the special prosecutor who is looking into the financial affairs of Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese, asked...
...critics insist they do not question Block's integrity, and indeed he had done nothing improper. Instead, Exon charges, the Secretary's difficulties prove the farm economy is in much worse shape than the Administration is willing to admit. Democrats grumble that the Farmers Home Administration, an arm of Block's department, refused to make or extend loans to other farmers at the very time banks were rolling over the Secretary's loans...
Through them we are made privy to the sight of Rubens inventing half a dozen variations on a given arm until the right one clicks; to that of Watteau, infatuated with the silky passage of red chalk over paper, building up his stock of memory images and usable prototypes for later consumption. Looking at drawings seems an even more private affair than studying paintings. Drawings never lie about skill...
Training twice a day for the last few weeks, the crew members have had to pick up the rowing motion, which involves the entire arm in movement. Leahey says, since the crew sits on benches which do not move...
...weird as your Uncle Floyd and as embraceable as little Gizmo. It will lure lots of people into the moviehouses and send them out with shivers and smiles. One word of caution though. As you settle into your seat, whatever you do, don't let your arm drape down so it's just above floor level. Because The Gremle-uns'll git you Ef you Don't Watch...