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...evening wore on, Joe's deeds were extolled by the master of ceremonies, dais guests, and men and women seated at the nearly 100 tables scattered across the auditorium. A retired barber from Coney Island: "All Italians look up to him. He's a wonderful father-he always tells his son Anthony to make sure his coat is buttoned whenever he goes outside." Natale Marcone, president of the Italian-American Civil Rights League, which sponsored the black-tie affair: "Women in the neighborhood kiss his hand when he passes. He gives them his umbrella in the rain. Just...
...have to be dropped or cut because of distracting street noises. The repertory varies with the location. "The people by Doubleday's dig Beethoven more than the people in front of Macy's," says Violinist Robert Dubow. "Bach is too intellectual for the street," reports Bassoonist Greg Barber. "Besides, his line is long and threadlike. It can easily be lost when a truck roars by." Adds another street musician: "Everyone understands Mozart." Of the all-string works, Haydn's "London" trios get the biggest audiences and make the most money...
...adopt no-fault insurance or face imposition of a federal plan. He was overruled by the White House after Presidential Aide Peter Flanigan listened to objections from insurance industry groups against federal insurance standards. "The department was forced not to retreat but into a near rout," complained Richard J. Barber, a former Deputy Assistant Transportation Secretary. Barber, who resigned late last year, directed the 2½-year, $2,000,000 study that was supposed to form the basis for the Administration's recommendations. Barber called the Administration's proposals "a disgraceful sham...
...FELT better when Patty, the girl from the wrong side of the tracks I had fallen in love with (she was and is beautiful) the spring before (I disappointed her) and who was now going with the co-captain (who went to barber's school every Saturday morning after Friday night games-60 miles away and 7 a. m., to boot), this co-captain Billy Morrison who was nicknamed "Porky" because he weighed 180 pounds in 6th grade, and who had worked as a bouncer at the Safari Beach Motel, which was the sin center for every spring vacation college...
...that question since the President, in his late-January budget, predicted a 9% jump in gross national product, to $1,065 billion for the year. The debate intensified last week as Administration officials testified before the congressional Joint Economic Committee and encountered skepticism even from some Republican members. Representative Barber Conable of New York said that the forecast reminded him of a remark by an anthropologist friend: "The Zuñis realized that the rain dance didn't bring the rain, but it made the tribe feel better...