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...more extended passages, such as the fascinating and powerfully-felt paragraph comparing the literary aspects of England and Ireland in the nineteenth century, Trevor's voice takes on the tone of a refreshingly enthusiastic, rather than a dutiful, guide. For example, talking about the playwright Sean O'Casey, Trevor says that...
...Capitol Hill, the Reagan Administration was engaged in some belated fence mending with Congress following the furor raised three weeks ago by legislators who charged that they had been inadequately briefed on the minings. In two hours of closed-door hearings, CIA Director William Casey conceded that the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence had not been "adequately informed in a timely manner." Casey assured Senators that the mining operation had been halted, and that both the Senate and House intelligence committees would be notified of any similar operations in the future. His efforts mollified Democratic Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan...
...decorated with photographs of him shaking hands with every President since Dwight Eisenhower. "With appreciation and warmest friendship," says a photo inscription from Ronald Reagan, whose Inauguration ceremonies Gray helped arrange. By day he likes to be seen with his pals in high places, including CIA Director William Casey, Senator Paul Laxalt and most of the Cabinet. By night, if his friends have to work, Bachelor Gray squires their wives to so many Washington parties that he claims he wears out two tuxedos a year...
Meese served as president and the only salaried director of the Presidential Transition Foundation Inc., set up to plan the transfer of executive power from the Carter Administration to Reagan's team. The other directors were William Casey, now CIA director, and Verne Orr, now Secretary of the Air Force. In addition to receiving $2 million in operating expenses from the Government and $250,000 from the President's campaign treasury, the foundation raised $688,931 from unidentified private donors, according to its tax return. No limit was set on the amount people could donate, but Orr said...
That eminent sport psychologist and voyager Casey Stengel once analyzed the Canadian scene: "Well, you see they have those polar bears up there and lots of fellows trip over them trying to run the bases and they're never much good anymore except for hockey or hunting deer...