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...only political liability. Alfonse D'Amato, who squeaked into office five years ago in a three-way contest, has confounded Democrats by building a formidable base for a second-term bid. A tireless campaigner who tends assiduously to home- state details, D'Amato has amassed a war chest of $7 million. Last week, even though the Democrats have yet to come up with a candidate, five New York City unions, including those representing city employees and transit workers, endorsed D'Amato, bringing his statewide total to nearly 70. Even New York City Mayor Ed Koch, a Democrat, has praised...
...more money than any of the other 21 candidates for city council this year, filed his disclosure forms at 1 p.m. on election day. The local rent control opponent told a crowd of 300 at an October 29 debate that he would publicize contributors to his record-high war chest before voters went to the polls November...
When the going gets tough around the hotel pool or restaurant, the tough go shopping, and West Hollywood's boutiques offer everything from formal gowns to studded leather bikini shorts for men. There's a baker who specializes in anatomically explicit cakes, and the Pleasure Chest serves as a hardware store for the sexually adventurous. For those with more homely tastes, West Hollywood functions as the West Coast capital of the interior-design and home-furnishing trades, which are headquartered in the 530-ft.-long, six-story Pacific Design Center, sculpted of neon blue glass and known locally...
Grabbing a pass from Singh, Nicholas sent a chest-high bullet at the charging Duback, who dove in an effort to smother the shot with his body. When the ball squeaked away, Nicholas hopped past the prone netminder and dribbled through the box to tally the eventual game-winner...
Yellowed and moth-eaten letters in a chest apparently jettisoned into the sea from a cruise liner were recently recovered by an Icelandic toymaker. These letters have been united with a similar collection unearthed last spring by an Arabian goatherd, and the complete set is now in my posession. They prove beyond doubt that the Friends of Sisyphus Youth League, led by senior and presumed Trotskyoid Tom Careen, and the Conversative Club, led by senior and presumed Monarchoid Sy Kahane, have aims far different than these shallow impressions indicate...