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Books are abounding here in the Square, The fun part is choosing--so look everywhere! Short stories, neat menus or how to buy stock, Or the wonderful new One by Richard D. Bach...
Much of Wall Street and corporate America saw the board's choice of KKR as a repudiation of Johnson, who had become a symbol of executive greed after first proposing to buy out RJR (1987 sales: $15.8 billion) for $75 a share. Company directors were outraged when they read accounts, leaked by insiders, of how much Johnson and his seven colleagues planned to rake in from the deal: as much as $2.6 billion. Though Johnson later insisted he had planned to share the potential gains with 15,000 RJR employees, the battle lines were clearly drawn -- not just between Johnson...
...ignited a divisive debate over drug laws and the best way to attack the problem. Former Prime Minister Bettino Craxi has called for a drastic reversal of the old law: he wants users punished. "You can't ban the sale of drugs from one side and give freedom to buy them on the other," he argues. Craxi's hard line has drawn fire from liberals, especially Minister for Special Affairs Rosa Russo Jervolino, chief author of a new antidrug law calling for stiffer sentences for traffickers, more support for police, and better rehabilitation programs. However, her original version let stand...
This success led Gray to lobby Congress for changes in housing laws giving tenants the right to buy their homes from the government. The law went into effect in 1987. Prominent Republicans, including Ronald Reagan, flocked to her cause, but Kimi Gray is no conservative ideologue. Her success depends on Great Society programs such as job training to drive home traditional conservative values. "We want to bring families back together, restore our pride and respect," she says. Congressman Jack Kemp, another fan of Gray's who co-sponsored the 1987 legislation, calls tenant management a "synthesis of New Deal programs...
...well made and useful, the grandparents will find it -- in many cases, because they played with it themselves. Crayola crayons debuted in 1903, Lincoln Logs in 1916. "Today grandparents have more time to spend with and on grandchildren than ever before," says Harris. "They are more likely to buy educational and developmental toys, and least likely to be reactive to fad items...