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...began over a cool brew in a warm tavern. Young gentlemen at the College of William and Mary in revolutionary Virginia drew up plans for a society of good fellowship and spirited debate. (Sample topic: "Whether Polygamy is a dictate of Nature or not.") They devised a secret handshake and an initiation rite. The group, in fact, might have ended up as just one more fraternity but for a sober motto-and philosophy-based on the Greek letters ΦBK : "love of wisdom the guide of life." The Virginia chapter collapsed after only five years, in 1781, but not before...
...events constitute only a modest part of their daily duties. Much of their information comes from private conversations with officeholders, who often provide background or personal observations. For this week's cover story on the inner workings of the Reagan Administration, White House Correspondents Laurence Barrett and Douglas Brew drew on knowledge built up over months of reporting on Reagan and his executive "troika"-Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese, Chief of Staff James Baker and Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver. Says Barrett: "To know how the minds of these men work it is necessary to spend time with them...
...Brew's association with Reagan and his staff dates back to last year, when he occasionally pinch-hit for Barrett on the Reagan campaign trail. Brew stood watch outside Reagan's Pacific Palisades home during the presidential transition period. Since then he has reported on the President's Inauguration, the attempted assassination, and his Thanksgiving at the Reagan ranch near Santa Barbara. "Reagan keeps a civilized 9-to-5 schedule and doesn't take off at the drop of a hat to strange places around the world," says Brew. "His aides may have bloodshot eyes, drawn...
...Coach John Madden, ex-Baltimore Slugger Boog Powell and retired New York Jet Matt Snell. Off-camera the jocks disputed the merits of their various sports. "The baseball people make fun of football, and the football people make fun of baseball," says Madden. None of the high spirits were brew-inspired, he said, adding: "We never drink the props...
...Magnuson. Report ed by David Beckwith and Douglas Brew/ Washington