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...Monday Chief of Staff Howard Baker and Iranscam Counselor David Abshire held an hour-long session with the President that focused on eight basic issues raised by the Tower commission report. The next morning Reagan was given what one aide called the "50 nastiest, dirtiest questions that could be dreamed up" about Iranscam. That afternoon he discussed them with Baker and Abshire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prepping The President | 3/30/1987 | See Source »

Boston officials said that they were glad the act finally passed. "In terms of large cities' harbors, it's between us and L.A. to say which is the dirtiest," Ciolek said. Federal funds will pay for about four percent of the clean-up, which will cost $2.5 billion, he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boston Harbor to Get $100M Clean-Up | 2/10/1987 | See Source »

Ginsberg, it seems, has reached the logical--and just plain gross--culmination of that legacy with the publication of his latest collection of poems, White Shroud: Poems 1980-1985. The book has attracted attention as Ginsberg's "dirtiest" collection, and it is a well-deserved reputation...

Author: By R. C., | Title: Ginsberg's Dirtiest Collection | 11/20/1986 | See Source »

Appearing yesterday at the Harvard Coop to promote his newest poetry collection, controversial "beat" poet Allen Ginsberg described "White Shroud," as one of the "dirtiest...

Author: By Jonathan S. Leff, | Title: Beat Poet Allen Ginsberg Visits Coop | 11/8/1986 | See Source »

...absence of voter interest, a disturbing number of candidates have resorted to vicious, often petty, character assaults to get the public's attention. While such attacks are nothing new, this year's campaigns are the dirtiest in recent memory. "The issue space in people's heads is getting smaller," says Field. "The negative ads are the ones that stick." The forum for most of the mudslinging is television. In big statewide races, staging rallies and pressing the flesh in traditional "retail campaigns" are becoming dying arts; saturating the airwaves with pungent, simplistic 30-sec. "hit ads" is considered more efficient...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Windup Fight to the Finish | 11/3/1986 | See Source »

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