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...problem. The 35-year-old graduate of Princeton and Yale was working at the Justice Department in 1985 at the height of conservative euphoria over the re-election of Ronald Reagan. But he was not part of what was known as the "secret handshake" crowd???the Administration's tight-knit cadre of Reaganite true believers. He had been one of the young lawyers from élite schools hired without regard to their political leanings by the Solicitor General's office. The Reaganauts suspected many of the career lawyers were liberals hoping to block Reagan's ideas. Worse, Alito...
...contagious. He's very funny. I certainly don't regret knowing him." Actress Lee Grant, a longtime Beatty watcher, feels that "Warren's conquests of women are not totally successful. His percentage is about fifty-fifty. Those he can't conquer don't want to be part of a crowd???one of Warren's girls. But the Peter Pan quality in Warren is very attractive to some. He teaches them to fly, and they have extraordinary experiences with him. Then they grow up and go on, and he keeps flying. Like Peter Pan, he always comes back to another little...
...Philadelphia's Main Line. Three strokes off the pace in the first round, Trevino then rallied to tie Jack Nicklaus after 72 holes. At the start of their 18-hole playoff, Trevino playfully tossed a rubber snake at his startled opponent. Then ?smacking gum and wisecracking with the crowd???he jauntily outshot the Golden Bear by three strokes to win the Open for the second time. As Supermex put it when he accepted the trophy: "I think it was Walter Hagen who said, 'Any man can win one Open, but it takes a great player...
...anyone buying? Despite the Longuette pictures that WWD crams into its pages nearly every day, midi purchases are still pretty much limited to the fringe crowd???women who want to be first with anything new, no matter what; women who need to hide atrocious legs; women who do things just to be different. Manhattanites who might run into Fairchild at Restaurant X, Y or Z (see glossary) probably own at least one midi; eager candidates for a mention in a WWD gossip column certainly...
...sniper's bullet, the machine-gun burst in the night, a bus full of farmers dynamited, the satchel of plastique, the grenade tossed into a crowd???all are surgically planned by the Viet Cong to specific ends. In the countryside, terrorism often aims to stamp out the peasants' sense of security, always tenuous at best. A few guerrillas firing a dozen shots near a lightly defended government village pose an agonizing problem for the local commander. If he calls for reinforcements, it is almost certain that no enemy will be found. If he does not, the villagers may begin...