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...concerns were during most of their public lives. Both novels contain lengthy descriptions of the Oval Office (in all of its awesome splendor), Airforce Two (Agnew), Airforce One (Agnew and Ehrlichman), and Camp David (Ehrlichman). The material spoils of power are given prominent places in both books: the authors dwell on chauffeur-driven limos, deferring butlers and maids, posh furnishings, fancy restaurants, sumptuous Government repasts (Agnew likes to show that he's a connoisseur by having Canfield comment on the quality of food and wine), and above all, alcohol. Booze, according to these novels, almost swirls down the gutters...
Though it comes not quite a year after the mysterious disappearance last July of former Teamster Boss Jimmy Hoffa, the 177-page PROD report does not dwell on the union's violent history and associations with organized crime. Instead, drawing chiefly on Teamster financial records filed, as required by law, with the Department of Labor, it focuses on the style of life enjoyed by Teamster officials-and finds it far removed from that of the rank and file, who pay $ 120-5300 a year in dues to support it. The picture that emerges is of a clubby, entrenched leadership...
...that her troubles were over. Screenwriting jobs dried up overnight. She was forced to sell her beloved farm in Pleasantville, N.Y., and, at a particularly low ebb, clerk in a Manhattan department store. Scoundrel Time does not dwell on these privations or, for that matter, anything else. It can be read in roughly the same amount of time Hell man spent with HUAC. Yet its understated fury is unforgettable...
Though it is not my purpose here to dwell upon them, there were, of course, mistakes. I personally had a hand in two of the finest. One, which turned into a minor scandal last October, involved the printing of membership applications for an organization whose caucus we planned to pack. Not precisely illegal, but not the ethical pinnacle of my career either. We got caught...
...this most prodigal native son cannot seem to decide whether he abandoned his home or was pushed. "I do nothing but think about my country," he says. "The United States is my theme, and all that dwell in it." Vidal's gibes at the nation's expense are based on something more than casual distaste; they bear the stamp of a long-and unrequited-passion. "The only thing I've ever really wanted in my life," he says without irony, "was to be President...