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...Brett Fromson graduated from Stanford in 1976 and decided immediately to ply his economics skills in the nation's capital. His book, Running and Fighting, recounts a year of successes and disappointments as an entry level aide in the White House and on Capitol Hill. Fromson observed carefully for someone who claims to have been totally naive of the day-to-day workings of government. He distinguishes clearly among the various characters who hustle through the long cool halls of Senate office buildings: youngsters on the make, veterans clinging to a particular committee or legislator, women struggling against traditional sexism...
...arid waste left by the void that is Lawrence. But John Gielgud, seen perusing Lawrence's penultimate works, is so intent on depicting the stiffness of the period that he seems to be merely a life-size extension of his starched collar. Penelope Keith, as the Honorable Dorothy Brett, a frigid woman with a crush on Lawrence, can best be regarded as a pasteboard pastiche; this is the extent of her role and talent...
...Brett Angus Ledyard, Conn...
Armas slugged a double through the legs of third baseman George Brett in the eighth, knocking in Dwayne Murphy with the winning run. However, after the hit, Armas had to leave the game because of soreness in the left side of the groin area...
Gross--a .206 hitter on the year--blasted a 2-1 Dennis Leonard fastball over the right-field fence in the fourth after George Brett's throwing error kept the inning alive...