Word: briefings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Gazette's new managing editor, David Sanders, as one of those select few. Sanders, who won acclaim as the public relations flak for Harvard's 350th anniversary celebration, apparently has the qualities Nathan wants. In her book, the local columnist lists each hunk's occupation, approximate income and a brief physical description...
...years in Washington, races around the country are particularly notable for two things: the absence of national themes and a conspicuous lack of good taste. Despite pressing local economic concerns in many states, the candidates are emphasizing character as the dominant issue and attacking each other's reputation in brief TV spots. Yet this is no ordinary election year: the G.O.P. is clinging to a 53-to-47 Senate majority, and Democrats have a good chance to capture seats in at least nine races, regaining the Senate majority they lost in 1980. The stakes are not as high...
...Commentators begin the action with brief but telling portraits of Joe and Mag. Among other bits of information, they inform us that he was "an excellent student, not brilliant, but very keen and industrious," that she was "intelligent but scattered," and that Mag's pregnancy necessitated their marriage...
...evening last year, an Eliot House junior told her roommates, she had seen a ghost in her I-entry room. "She said she sensed a presence and saw a specter, but it was really brief," says one of her roommates, who would not be identified. "She said it was not a fearful presence...
...Conservative daily Le Figaro dismissed the announcement as "mere twaddle." Jean-Claude Gaudin, a leader of the majority, grumbled, "The more Mitterrand says no, the more likely it is yes." A more probable assessment was offered by Jean-Jack Queyranne of the President's Socialist Party: "Mitterrand's brief remark served as a pointed reminder that he is still President -- and master of the game...