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...nice to drive across Georgia, and see the state flag--one-third of which contains the state seal while the other two-thirds of which depict the Confederate battle flag--flying in the southern breeze...
Doesn't anyone have a kind word for Wall Street's gilded '80s? The new decade is only six weeks old, and already stores are piled high with books that portray the past ten years as a sink of avarice and excess. The melodramatic titles depict the American free-enterprise system as overrun by barbarians and liars, ambition and greed. And readers are lapping it all up. Just as they reveled in stories of the rich and famous during the past decade, today's inquiring minds are hungry for colorful tales about the pratfalls of the mighty...
From Hollywood to local bookstores, Wall Street bashing is big business. In Barbarians at the Gate (Harper & Row; 528 pages; $22.95), authors Bryan Burrough of the Wall Street Journal and former Journal reporter John Helyar depict the RJR Nabisco fight as a mud-wrestling match in which all the participants come out grimy. Ross Johnson, the RJR Nabisco chief executive who launched the bidding for his own company and stood to make more than $100 million if he prevailed, is described as "a man who devoted his life to shaking things up" and an executive "loyal to little...
...eyes in the direction of a smiling Sununu, "You've got some ((people)) sitting around here that aren't quite as kind and gentle." Never a patient sort, Sununu has grown exasperated with Congress's failure to act on the Administration's agenda and has persuaded Bush to depict the Democrats as a band of tax-happy do-nothings...
Nissan's ad campaign for its new Infiniti luxury cars is renowned for a novel gimmick: the autos are nowhere in sight. Now, as it turns out, neither are buyers. The Infiniti ads, applauded for their Zen approach, depict lushly photographed trees, boulders, lightning bolts and breaking waves. At first that created suspense about the $23,500 coupe and $38,000 sedan. Curious car shoppers descended on Infiniti dealerships just to catch a glimpse of the mystery mobiles. A Gallup poll in November found that the ad was the best- recalled commercial on U.S. television...