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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...search of the great exodus. It is proving elusive. Not a bird or a plane, the great exodus is a phenomenon whose advent is confidently predicted by journalists every two years: the mass departure of political appointees from the Federal Government. Once in a while the journalists are correct. Lack of money, 18-hour days, media prying and policy failures send droves of discouraged reformers back to the family business...
...However correct in law, Fagan's acquittal prompted public expressions of outrage and raised the possibility of legal reform. Home Secretary William Whitelaw said a change in the law of trespass may be considered to make it possible to charge trespassers with criminal penalties. Said the tabloid Sun: "Next time you are walking along the Mall and feel thirsty, why not pop into Buckingham palace for a glass...
...NOTION OF DESIGNER UNDERWEAR strikes many people as more than a trifle silly. These people contend that the significance of the "designer" in designer clothes, whether manifest in a signature, a monogram or an animal insignia, is sheer status, and they are correct. They further reason that unless you are grossly inept or the subject of peculiar conspiracies by your peers, almost no one ever sees your underwear. The act of communicating status through clothes relies on visual verification. If you can't see Mr. Jones's skivvies, they can't impress you. And if he whispered to you across...
...correct the abuses, the FDA ordered Pfizer to revise its promotional material, send letters to all physicians who might have received the original literature and publish "remedial advertisements" in two issues of each publication carrying the objectionable ads. Last week Pfizer informed the FDA that it has begun to make those amends. In addition, says company Vice President Dr. Sheldon Gilgore, "we've decided to stay out of comparative advertising...
...Myers is correct, and this year's backfield does prove even better, it will be due in no small part to adjuster Louis Varsames...