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...Whites are "pathological," "dirty," "dastardly, devilish folks...
Such traits -- and lines -- have propelled O'Rourke, who combines a devilish Dennis the Menace grin with the sure shuffle of a frat boy who's dating the homecoming queen, into America's journalistic elite. "He's got the hyperactivity of Hunter Thompson but with a less fried brain," says drinking buddy and political commentator Bob Beckel. Adds friend and humorist Dave Barry: "He's outrageous, and I like that. In the age of political correctness, I think it's good to have somebody who does that." O'Rourke's writing is driven by a practiced wit, a brilliant...
Yetnikoff's devilish humor, irreverence for authority and barbed tongue were legendary. At a CBS Inc. shareholders meeting in 1986, he fell asleep at the dais -- or pretended to. He liked to refer to former CBS chief Thomas Wyman as "the goy upstairs" and to Wyman's successor, the frugal Laurence Tisch, with whom he feuded openly, as "the kike upstairs." When Tisch sold the record company to Sony, Yetnikoff, who engineered the deal, walked away with a $20 million bonus...
...most wanted list. Albrecht, who is married to an East German scientist, is accused of taking part in the 1977 killings of Jurgen Ponto, chairman of the Dresdner Bank, and industrialist Hanns-Martin Schleyer. East German Interior Minister Peter- Michael Diestel said the arrests provided evidence of a "devilish connection" between the R.A.F. and the Stasi -- a connection that is now certain to be further investigated...
...fortunes. A woman's vote, on the order of nearly 6 to 4, is believed to have helped propel her to victory over her rival, attorney general John Van de Kamp, in the state Democratic primary last week. It is bound to be Republican candidate Pete Wilson's most devilish problem in the fall campaign. And if Feinstein beats Wilson to win the governorship of the biggest state, she will become the most powerful elected woman politician in the country. If there is such a thing as the woman's vote -- and she thinks there is -- Feinstein does not mind...