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...least Ted was a comic type--the featherbrained anchorman--that everybody could recognize. This LaSalle fellow doesn't make sense. He comes on as a Broadway blusterer, yet claims he never goes to "commercial pap" like Cats and Dreamgirls. Then what's he doing writing for a blue-collar tabloid? Your other co-workers are more credible. Your boss (James Farentino) seems to hate spunkiness as much as Lou Grant did. And Jo (Katey Sagal), the cynical columnist, couldn't be a better foil if she had been invented by TV comedy writers...
...troubled relationship between the elite and the masses, both in the broad public arena and in the narrow but fierce politics of the hearth. Sam Waterston portrays a young London architect who gets his big break, a commission to design public housing. Mindful that semidetached cottages are what blue-collar Britons prefer, he nonetheless opts for massive towers as the only practicable response to the vagaries of the redevelopment site. Glenn Close plays his wife, gradually torn between loyalty to him and belief that the community should decide its own fate. Mary Beth Hurt and Simon Jones are their intrusive...
...when she sang. Hardly the way to treat a lady. Unless she happens to be Lady (Helen) Teresa Margaret Manners, 23, daughter of Charles John Robert Manners, the tenth Duke of Rutland, and lead singer of the British aristo-rock band, the Business Connection. Despite the group's white-collar name, Lady Teresa's connections are strictly blue blood. Her father owns Belvoir Castle, one of Britain's most imposing homes; her 15-piece band includes the Marquess of Worcester on vocals and the 19th Duke of Somerset on drums. A horsewoman and London-educated artist, Lady Teresa found...
...things get so bad so fast? Many attribute Anaya's troubles to his combative personality. He had made his name as the state's attorney general, battling white-collar corruption and crusading for consumer and environmental causes. Once he became Governor, Anaya, an achiever accustomed to getting his way, found his power diluted by scores of boards, commissions and independent-minded elected officials. His impatience with back-room deal cutting did not help to promote his costly liberal programs in a legislature dominated by Republicans and conservative Democrats. Says Republican State Senator Les Houston: "He didn't know...
...industry has been hurt by tougher gun-control laws in some states and an abundant supply of cheap used firearms. Moreover, many gun enthusiasts are blue-collar manufacturing workers who were laid off in the last recession and have not been rehired. TAXES Poker Is Hard Work...