Word: brownstein
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Then there is the agenda-setting Hollywood elite and its preoccupation with national affairs. Ronald Brownstein, who is writing a book about Hollywood and politics, says most political money for Democrats comes from California and about two-thirds of that bankroll comes from Los Angeles. "Stars, though, don't want to slum with the locals," says Brownstein. "They are at the pinnacle of their profession and want to deal at the highest levels. ((Disney CEO)) Michael Eisner wants to raise money for Bill Bradley, not some city supervisor...
...perhaps there is cause for hope. Many people who buy take-out food on workdays take to the stove on special occasions. "I cook for out-of-town friends or when my boyfriend comes over," says Gerri Brownstein, 25, a New York advertising-sales representative. Brownstein may be remembering an observation made by Thomas Wolfe. "There is no spectacle on earth more appealing than that of a beautiful woman in the act of cooking dinner for someone she loves," he wrote in The Web and the Rock. Somehow, the act of reheating dinner seems a lot less appealing...
First-time buyers, though, are as eager as they come. Richard and Shirley Brownstein have spent the past three years looking for an affordable house in a Chicago suburb while they lived with their two sons, 6 and 3, in a two- bedroom apartment. When interest rates tumbled, the couple was finally able to swing a mortgage and buy a home. In July they will move into a three- bedroom ranch house in Woodridge, Ill. (price: $90,000). Says Richard, a credit supervisor for J.I. Case, a farm-equipment manufacturer: "If we didn't buy a house this year...