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...enough to have him as our Attorney General, but to have him given a medal by a branch of Harvard University named for John F. Kennedy!-"have you no shame, Sir?" George Wald Higgins Professor of Biology Emiritus
Currently the land houses a branch of the Cambridge Public Library, a pottery studio, storage space, and a parking lot, said Morrell...
Billig's substandard performance at Bethesda should have come as no surprise. Before joining the staff there, he had been fired from two previous jobs, one at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, N.J., in 1980, and another with a Pittsburgh physicians' group in 1982. When he arrived at Bethesda the following year, he had not performed open-heart surgery in six years. Nonetheless, the Navy permitted him to undertake such operations after only six months of retraining. Last month Monmouth's chairman of surgery, Dr. Cyril Arvanitis, revealed that he had begun to suspect Billig after examining weekly reports...
After former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver quit last May to become a "public affairs consultant," he drove about town for a while in a dark blue Dodge, very much like the limousines that transport top Executive Branch officials. The car served to get Deaver where he was going in more ways than one: in status-conscious Washington, it was a not-so-subtle reminder of / his White House connections. Now Deaver has given up the status symbol of public power for one of private wealth. These days he rides in a chauffeur- driven Jaguar XJ6 equipped...
...more money than challengers can. Certainly, most Congressmen have become wearily resigned to living with lobbyists. They are sources of money, political savvy, even friendship. In the jaded culture of Washington, influence peddlers are more envied than disdained. Indeed, to lawmakers on the Hill and policymakers throughout the Executive Branch, the feeling increasingly seems to be: well, if you can't beat 'em, join...