Word: barbarae
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Last week the case took a bizarre turn when Barbara Zack Quindel, the federal officer who monitored the taxpayer-financed election, resigned after she learned that the Teamsters had arranged to make a contribution to the New Party, a small political organization to which she and her husband belong. The contribution was personally approved by Carey in March just as Quindel began her investigation. Eventually, Quindel ordered a new election, declaring at the time that Carey had no knowledge of the myriad schemes to fund his campaign, and said he could run again. Three weeks ago, she announced that...
Gumbel does not believe in pursuing guests hotly either. He refers, with a touch of disdain, to the moment in 1995 when journalists were competing for an on-air interview with Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley. "Diane, Oprah, Barbara, Stone all struggled for that interview," Gumbel notes. "When one of them lands it, to what extent has his or her capacity to possibly engender the person's anger been compromised? By agreeing to be on, that person has in a sense granted the reporter a favor." He continues, "Will I make a phone call [to help secure a guest...
Bishops Thomas Shaw and Barbara Harris will deliver several speeches exploring the nature of prayer and social action to members of the Harvard community at Phillip Brooks House (PBH) in October...
...harming any living thing. Release of murder defendants pending trial was unheard of, but Einhorn's attorney was soon-to-be U.S. Senator Arlen Specter, and bail was set at a staggeringly low $40,000--only $4,000 of it needed to walk free. It was paid by Barbara Bronfman, a Montreal socialite who had married into the Seagram distillery family and met Einhorn through a common interest in the paranormal. It was Einhorn's new rage, and his orbit of friends had expanded to include Uri Geller, the spoon-bending Israeli illusionist...
This was an offer--for the Reagan Ranch near Santa Barbara, Calif.--all too many were able to refuse. The Western White House sat on the market for 13 months until the perfect buyer, one who can print money if he has to, showed an interest: Uncle Sam. Republican Congressman Ralph Regula of Ohio, chairman of the Appropriations subcommittee in charge of federal parks, is brokering a deal whereby Congress will appropriate $5 million and give it to California, which will in turn give it to the Reagans for the 100-year-old adobe house and grounds they paid...