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...political historians take for granted now but that Americans were only vaguely aware of at the time: the splintering of the classic New Deal Democrat coalition. Blue-collar union guys (like Archie) had depended on FDR and organized labor to secure them contracts, provide Social Security, look after their comfort: in short, to protect them and keep their world stable. Social justice to Archie was a pot roast on their table and an evening sit-down in his favorite chair. He was Nixon's "silent majority" personified; he was a Reagan Democrat years before anyone knew they existed...
Green could take comfort in a Quinnipiac University poll released last week that showed him trouncing Bloomberg 62% to 20% in a one-on-one race. But the poll was taken before most New Yorkers had got to know Bloomberg--and the $20 million to $30 million he is expected to spend is sure to change that. Four out of five New Yorkers are Democrats, but that was true when the Republican Giuliani won his two mayoral elections. Once every generation or so the town goes Republican--usually in moments of crisis, such as the Gotham-is-ungovernable hysteria that...
Erik, as he stumbled through the icefall, was so far out of his comfort zone that he began to speculate on which of those fates might await him. For a moment he flashed on all those cliches about what blind people are supposed to do--become piano tuners or pencil salesmen--and thought maybe they were stereotypes for good reason. Blind people certainly shouldn't be out here, wandering through an ever changing ice field, measuring the distance over a 1,000-ft.-deep crevasse with climbing poles and then leaping, literally, over and into the unknown...
...private dock of the Hotel Gritti Palace. After our first-class flight on Delta Air Lines, my wife and I were rested and looking forward to celebrating New Year's at this world-renowned palazzo located on the Grand Canal in Venice. In minutes, we were comfortably ensconced in our spectacular room overlooking the canal, replete with Frette linens, Ginori porcelain, thick cotton robes and towels in the pink-marbled bathroom and an immense, multicolored Murano glass chandelier in the bedroom. There was also a chilled bottle of Ferrari sparkling wine (one of Italy's finest), a huge vase...
...Erik, as he stumbled through the icefall, was so far out of his comfort zone that he began to speculate on which of those fates might await him. For a moment he flashed on all those clichEs about what blind people are supposed to do?become piano tuners or pencil salesmen?and thought maybe they were stereotypes for good reason. Blind people certainly shouldn't be out here, wandering through an ever changing ice field, measuring the distance over a 1,000-ft.-deep crevasse with climbing poles and then leaping, literally, over and into the unknown...