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...allegations that Arizona's two Senators were involved in the Keating Five influence-peddling scandal; and the conviction of a prominent savings and loan chief on 17 counts of securities fraud. "It seems we have an unlucky star over our heads," said former Governor Bruce Babbitt, the state's cleanest political light. "Now we'd all like it to pass over the horizon...
...cleanest candidate with a chance of winning the election, though a slight one, is Ronald Carey, president of a United Parcel Service local in Queens, N.Y. Carey is widely regarded as a reformer running with a small power base and a shoestring campaign chest of $300,000. "The others have access to all the Teamster resources," he gripes. "They could raise $1 million in one day if they needed to. They think they're in a corporate country club...
...only that, you'll have the cleanest credit record in town. "How's his payment history?" one computer may ask another. "He pays early!" the other may flash back. "Aw, c'mon," the first computer will say. "No, really! Here -- look!" Whereupon the first computer will look over the second computer's shoulder and sniff its perfume, and airline reservations clerks around the country will frown and say, "Sorry, my system just went down." All because...
...power more efficiently. In New York City, for example, Consolidated Edison spent more than $8 million in January and February on rebates to customers who traded in their energy-hogging air conditioners and lighting fixtures for efficient new models. Notes John Dillon, a Con Ed assistant vice president: "The cleanest megawatt is the megawatt not consumed...
...student and have never been inside The Club, go check it out. Not only will you discover some of the most elegant and cleanest spaces at Harvard, but you will also make the faculty acutely uncomfortable...