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Marxists in various corners of the globe−and possibly even some people in the U.S.−who think of the American workingman as downtrodden, etc., should have taken a look at Las Vegas last week. Even though the International Brotherhood of Teamsters is operating in the red and is raising dues for its 2.2 million members by at least 25% (to a minimum of $10 a month), the Teamsters held their 21st international convention last week far from any conceivable barricades, amid the gaudy luxuries of Las Vegas. No pikers even in hard times, the bosses pushed through...
Carter has said that there will be many women and blacks in his Administration, and it could be that he has in mind more than the traditional "minority" appointments in housing, welfare, etc. State could be a real stunner...
...Schlitz is a Schlitz, etc. There is, naturally, a lot more variation in price--if not surroundings--among restaurants in the Square and out. Let's get one thing out of the way immediately: by general consensus, Locke-Ober's in Boston is the best restaurant in this section of the country, at $15 a person. See you and your parents over at Anthony's Pier Four tonight, and likewise for brunch next Sunday at the Prudential Building's Top of the Hub, where bloody Marys and eggs abound at a moderately high expense. For the same meal, local hacks...
...Governor who had never held national office to mount a formidable campaign against a sitting President. Whatever the merits and flaws of Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan, it is bracing in a democracy to see the powers of incumbency so effectively challenged. Only yesterday Richard Nixon, John Dean, etc., were dreaming up schemes to "maximize the incumbency...
...people who attended (at $125 each), there was champagne, roast beef and a demonstration of athletic prowess by a group of accomplished retarded kids, a fashion show, and then fun and games for the regulars. The Clan itself was heavily represented: Jackie O., Eunice Shriver, Pat Lawford, Jean Smith, etc., etc., but the most enchanting of the family were the new generation: Eunice's son and daughter Bobby, 21, and Maria, 20; and Pat's daughter Sydney, 19. As photographers snapped away, Sydney's mom told her: "Don't look too pretty." But what...