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NORMAN L. BERMAN...
...jazz highlight of this weekend is 30 minutes out of town. Bossa nova master Stan Getz is bringing his tenor sax and his quartet to Sandy Berman's Jazz Revival in Beverly (54 Cabot St., 922-7515) through July 3. In addition to regular evening sets, the Getz quartet will play a special Sunday matinee from 4-7 p.m. Monday night traditional jazzmen Dave Whitney and Reggie Phillips take over...
...energy bill is turning into one of history's great challenges to lobbyists. Almost daily, they swarm through congressional hearing rooms and in the Capitol's corridors, pressing politicians and seeking to shape the proposed legislation to the liking of myriad special interest groups. For Ellen Berman, a stylish Barnard Russian major, it is an 18-hour-a-day job. She is director of the energy policy task force (annual budget: $50,000) of the Consumer Federation of America. Says she: "Lobbying, when you don't have any money, is like bicycling uphill against the wind...
...industry wants it; the Administration does not, at least for the foreseeable future. In drumfire order, Russo was lobbied by Carter, Energy Chief James Schlesinger, Dingell, O'Neill, White House Lobbyist Jim Free, FEA Administrator John O'Leary and industry lawyers. The Consumer Federation's Ellen Berman spent seven hours with Russo, at one point debating American Gas Association President G.H. ("Bud") Lawrence in Russo's office...
...frank to tell you. I'm worn out." When his turn to vote finally came, he hesitated, then voted for continued regulation. But not enough of his colleagues went along. By a vote of 12 to 10, the subcommittee agreed to end control of gas prices. Lobbyist Berman had no time to mourn her loss. She was already on her way to the next big test, the House Commerce Committee, adding up pros, antis and swings along...