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...Diller is sitting at his regular booth at the heart of the Four Seasons grillroom, basking in attention. Even in the headiest of Manhattan's power lunchrooms, Diller, with his bullethead and designer-mogul aura, manages to draw a crowd. Henry Kissinger nuzzles onto his banquette for a brief chat; other members of the business and media elite stop to pay homage. To each, Diller offers a greeting or a quip, then gets back to his enthusiasm of the moment. He is talking about home shopping...
...income tax on 50% of their Social Security receipts. That would be raised to 85% if Congress approves a virtually certain Clinton request -- and it may. The President tested out the idea on 22 congressional Democrats whom he invited to the White House for a 90-minute chat Thursday. Somewhat surprisingly, in view of the TIME/CNN-poll figures, all 22 reported that the idea had been favorably received in their district. Said Tim Penny of Minnesota: "It appears to have survived the coffee-shop test." Several legislators said a start on reining in Social Security, the biggest of all entitlements, would...
...revealed in his 90-minute TV chat last week with talk-show empathizer Oprah Winfrey, Jackson is at heart as vulnerable as the handicapped children he generously welcomes to his ranch near Santa Barbara, California. He calls it Neverland, an allusion to his status as pop's Peter Pan. But Jackson may feel more kinship with another English outsider, John Merrick -- that sweet-souled, tragically deformed creature, the Elephant Man. "I love the story," he told Winfrey. "It reminds me of me a lot . . . It made me cry because I saw myself in the story...
...will make the eventual arm twisting easier. Along the way she remembered that it would be possible to fit more people into the President's first official dinner on Sunday night and told an aide to send out more invitations. By then it was time to have a long chat with Chelsea about her second day of school, before being honored at a reception by the National Child Labor Committee for youth services. She gave a 15-minute speech about the importance of giving something back to the community and didn't get home to the White House until about...
...Then he refines it further. This one-hour drama is not traditional drama at all, because the characters have already changed before we meet them. And it is less a dialogue than a monologue. In the wonderful character of Patricia Hamilton, we hear a troubled soul having a chat with itself...