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...draft of the book describes Post Editor Ben Bradlee as having a "kind of preppy, tweedier-than-thou arrogance." The book also attacks Democratic Representative John Dingell, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which investigated Tavoulareas' dealings, describing him as a "bully boy." The Congressman responded, also in print. His statement: "The book sounds like the howls of a child caught with his hand in the proverbial cookie...
...compromise was apparently reached at the not-so-gentle behest of White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan, who felt that the dispute was politically damaging to the Administration. Regan's fiat came after Meese's Justice Department launched a surprise attack in August by submitting a draft of a presidential order that effectively branded Labor Department hiring goals as illegal quotas. The tactic raised such a ruckus that the Justice Department judiciously retreated. Regan then told Meese and Brock to come to an agreement on their dispute before taking it to the President...
...they prance and canter across the page, Gericault's Horses (Vendome; 183 pages; $60) assume a life of their own. French Artist Theodore Gericault brilliantly portrayed stallions and draft horses, Arabians and English racers in settings that vary from battlegrounds to stables. In his equestrian oeuvre, created over a span of some ten years, Gericault even depicted, with an unflinching naturalism, horses being devoured by lions. As Art Historian Philippe Grunchec notes, the painter's devotion to the animals had its tragic side, foreshadowed by some of these works: he died in 1824 at age 32 of complications from...
Even with in-laws to draw upon, it can take a long time to write a successful script. Gremlins took nine drafts, including one which killed off most of the family. Goonies was tapped out much more quickly, under studio pressure, but Young Sherlock Holmes's first draft took nine months and the second draft six, as Columbus tried to wipe the script clean of any "Americanisms" or anachronisms...
Ueberroth's remarks preceeded the winter draft of professional players not protected on any team's 40-man roster. Among the selections were veteran major leaguer Clint Hurdle and Ed Williams...