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...Beckwith, who has examined Washington influence peddling before. In 1978, as a staff writer in New York City, he wrote a cover story on the power of lawyers, including those in the nation's capital. Observes Beckwith: "Washington lawyers were the hot item of that day, when they helped businessmen thread the mazes of Government regulation. Today an influence seeker needs someone to help him fight for a piece of a shrinking federal pie. Those lawyers have had the game taken away from them...
...international monetary conference. Reagan announced that he was pushing ahead with plans for a suborbital airplane, which he dubbed a "new Orient Express," that could someday fly at 25 times the speed of sound. Though the craft is designed more for Star Wars defense purposes than for helping businessmen make it to Tokyo in time for lunch, it promoted an image of a President riding enthusiastically into the future...
...creature this blob, an amoeboid that has taken on a new shape that belies its original form. Defense contractors, businessmen, and the wealthy now mold its front, while minority groups, unions, the poor and others have been squished into the background. Money, bureaucracy, and connections make up its trident...
Secretary: Well, at least her backers are sensible people. Good businessmen with the country's (cough) best interests in mind. In any case, you don't have to be thrilled with her. You can find some (cough) alternative to her LATER. That's your business, to find (cough) alternatives to situations. Right now, we got to find some (cough) alternative to Marcos remaining in power...
...high point of the speech came when Botha declared apartheid "outdated," causing many M.P.s to chorus "Hoor, hoor! " (Hear, hear!). White businessmen were generally encouraged, though many probably agreed with the opposition member who complained that Botha's ideas merely added up to "apartheid with a smiling face." Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert, the leader of the white opposition Progressive Federal Party, said the President's approach was "welcome," but wanted to see whether "substance will follow rhetoric...