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...democratic parties that went on behind closed doors at all hours. The Philadelphia Inquirer front-paged a story on the revelry scene. Its major disclosure: more beer and less Scotch was being offered than in 1972. Dozens of reporters on the liquid late-night beat and even some bona fide guests could not gain entry to a supper sponsored by Rolling Stone magazine because of unexpected crowds of gate crashers. The problem was that veteran Prankster Dick Tuck had printed thousands of counterfeit invitations in Reliable Source, an irreverent daily tabloid that he published during the convention...
...phenomenon. Poet Louis Simpson voices a common refrain when he complains that "there are few readers of poetry of any kind." Statistics bear him out. Poetry is a prestigious loss-leader on publishers' lists. The book of verse that sells more than 2,000 copies is a bona fide success...
...delegates nonetheless adamantly refused to let lawyers give minimal information even to "bona fide consumer" groups. The old rules were broadened only to allow a listing of the lawyer's areas of specialization, his office hours, charges for the first consultation and the availability of a full fee estimate upon request. Such information can be offered to the public only in bar-approved directories or a Yellow Pages ad that complies with local bar regulations on language and format. That is likely to be only Round 1 of a continuing battle...
...example, to ensure that all payments are listed and bona fide, IRS examiners are taking much more trouble in sifting the records of companies thought to be concealing or mislabeling questionable foreign payments. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Arthur Burns would go even further. He called last week for a new statute under which an overseas bribe would be "treated as a criminal violation...
There are only three hitches in this wonderful scheme of things. The first one is Princeton, the second one is Brown, and the third one is Yale. And if you happen to think that Penn represents a bona fide hitch, then make it four...