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...apparent multiple sources of Carter campaign papers reaching the Reagan team, however trivial much of them seemed to be, fed the suspicion of those with a conspiratorial bent that a political espionage operation may have been conducted by the Reagan aides. To Washington Post Columnist Mary McGrory, the incident reinforced her theory that "Republicans think of political campaigns as war-in contrast to Democrats, who see them as sporting events...
...imperiled is Chicago's enduring sense of superiority over Los Angeles. Asserts Joseph Harmon, president of Chicago's convention and tourism bureau: "The bottom line is people know they can come here and still make a buck." Sniffed Chicago Sun-Times Columnist Mike Royko: "So, a buffalo chip is bigger than a diamond." But at least one Chicagoan has already adapted to reality. Three years ago Tricia Fox opened the Second City Day School. Now she has seven and calls them the Fox Day Schools. "I didn't want to change the name every time the city...
Following Harvard's victory in the Nationals last weekend in Cincinnati, local columnist Lonnie Wheeler was a bit sarcastic when he asked readers of the Sunday morning paper. "Why weren't these kids yachting oft Newport, anyway, or summering in Nantucket." The answer, of course, is that the Harvard crew had better things to do, namely show 12,400 Cincinnati folk who didn't know better why the Eastern "preppies" from Harvard can row a crew shell through the water faster than anyone else in the nation. Wheeler wasn't the only one surprised. Previously undefeated Western powerhouse Washington, Brown...
...Wave rock band formed by U.S.-born Mexican Americans is called Los Illegals. Avance, a stylish new magazine written in English, has a young, upscale circulation of 35,000. But for every trendy Avance subscriber in L.A. there are at least ten who resist adaptation. Says L.A. Times Columnist Frank del Olmo: "There's a large segment within the legal population who see themselves as Mexicans. They don't necessarily want to stay in the U.S. forever...
Baldrige, a syndicated columnist ("Mind Your Manners") who brought efficiency and a touch of white-gloved feminism to her 1978 revision of The Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette, is preparing a new office primer that will be published next year. Starting late this summer, her New York City public relations firm will be conducting seminars in politesse for corporate executives. Says she: "Some of the worst-mannered people are in the high economic class. It really has nothing to do with money...