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Hanging laundry is not a bad analogy for the way Breslin works. His book relies less on plot than on the cumulative effect of colorful anecdotes flapping on a slack story line. There are tales of the old sod, immigration and Boss Tweed's New York. The first male Morrison in the U.S. walks off the boat in 1870 and is put right to work sandhogging for 75¢ a day plus three hots and a cot. He soon discovers that he is restricted to the construction camp because the nearby Hudson River town of Beacon, N.Y., does not want muddy...
Stopping at the employee cafeteria for a morning cup of coffee, staffers at ABC's midtown Manhattan headquarters are apt to find an unlikely table mate these days: the big boss. Unlike his predecessors, new ABC President John Sias often mingles with the troops at breakfast rather than repairing to the 40th-floor executive dining room. "It's not good to use all the executive perks and ask others to cut back," says Sias, 59, a former paratrooper known for his practical jokes and the Captain Marvel T shirts he sometimes wears under his suit and tie. "It's important...
...cases. Producers are also feeling the pressure. Esther Shapiro, executive producer of Dynasty, decided against Arledge hiring a high-priced actor for her show this season when the task of get ting company approval proved too onerous. Before the takeover, ABC gave its top-rated sitcom Who's the Boss? $50,000 to shoot part of one episode at a softball field. "I don't think we could do that now," says Producer Robert Sternin. "I really think the money has dried...
...Editors: Americans must destroy the power of crime families [NATION, Sept. 29]. U.S. Attorneys Rudolph Giuliani and Diane Giacalone deserve to be praised for their outstanding work in prosecuting Mafia Boss John Gotti. He and the other bosses are the scum of the earth. Phillip Bryant Snow Fort Lauderdale...
There would be an irony in that distinction. Not since Harry Truman discovered that "Uncle Joe" Stalin was more than merely the hack political boss he had first thought have two superpower leaders seemed so ideologically at odds. Reagan and Gorbachev both came to office not with their hands outstretched but with their dukes up. They seemed headed not for the summit of diplomacy but for the back alley of rhetorical scrapping and unbridled competition. Each took over at a time when his side felt threatened. Each gained power in part because he seemed to offer the best antidote...