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...Also a Cigar...
...leading general in President Johnson's War on Crime is no fire-eating, cigar-chomping prosecutor, willing to work with existing laws so long as they put criminals behind bars. As Director of the National Crime Commission, James Vorenberg wants to overhaul those laws to make them more effective and equitable, instead of just applying them more energetically...
...nicknames, West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard cherishes none so highly as Wahllokomotive (vote puller). Indeed, over the past two decades he has chugged well ahead of the rest of his party, helping to pull it to victory behind a prosperous trail of cigar smoke. Last week the Erhard engine ran dangerously low on steam...
...suave, cigar-smoking Barzel (pronounced Bart-sell) acts as Erhard's right-hand man in the Bundestag, conferring with him weekly on all major legislation and in between times on other top issues of the day. He traveled 13,000 miles speechmaking for the Christian Democrats in last summer's election campaign, has been responsible for the past two years for shepherding all major legislation through the legislature. In the Bundestag, he has become famous for his ability to reconcile squabbling factions in the party...
...devote more time to his Detroit law practice. A.M.C.'s crusty Roy Abernethy remained as president and chief executive, but Evans quickly made it obvious that he intends to be the new giver of gospel. While Abernethy scowled at a press conference and puffed a six-inch cigar down to the stub, Evans committed the automaking heresy of knocking the styling of his company's cars. For this he blamed-however illogically-former A.M.C. Boss George Romney, who left a full four years ago to make his successful bid to become Governor of Michigan. As a result...