Word: dicks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...framework presented by the President," says his top lobbyist, Kenneth Duberstein. Hill leaders agree. But because Reagan's program includes so many unpalatable specifics, another grueling yearlong struggle over spending and taxes is surely in store. "The budget fight will be bloody and partisan," predicts Republican Congressman Dick Cheney of Wyoming...
...sure to follow, but Jobs shrugs them off. "We want to drive this industry," he says. "We could have introduced Lisa a year ago, but we wanted to make it perfect. We're prepared to live with Lisa for the next ten years." -By Philip Faflick. Reported by Dick Thompson/San Francisco and Bruce van Voorst/New York
Cottle, who spent four years in analysis, usually begins each interview with an exploration of his guest's childhood. He inquires of an aloof Dick Cavett what it was like to lose his mother at an early age. His eyes dew up as Jerry Lewis describes the ache he feels for a departed grandmother. From the past, Cottle shifts (after the obligatory commercial) to the present. He wants Elizabeth Ashley to recount the horror of a back-alley abortion. He leans forward and demands of Daniel Travanti whether he has "the courage to fall in love" with his sultry...
...moderate Republican who served eight terms as Representative from Massachusetts until her defeat last November. Schweiker, whose new salary is reported to be in the low six figures, startled the White House with his sudden departure. Said a presidential aide: "It came as a surprise even to Dick. The council offer came out of the blue...
Bill Walsh of the 49ers and Dick Vermeil of the Philadelphia Eagles, the N.F.L. Coaches of the Year last year and the year before, knew about pressure before they got to their Super Bowls, but learned about futility there. Walking away from his $250,000 job last week, Vermeil, 46, expressed something of the toll that accrues from 24 years of X's and O's, using that corporate phrase "emotional burnout." But Walsh's portrait of himself after the 49ers' 41-37 loss to the San Diego Chargers Dec. 11 is more achingly descriptive...