Word: fixer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...accorded the active political role she obviously relishes. Says another senior diplomat: "She can now perceive that she has a historical place in the scheme of things, something beyond her wildest dreams. On the substantive side, she may genuinely feel that she can help out as the self-perceived fixer." Observes an Argentine banker: "From her point of view, it's better to have people paying attention than simply to be an ex-dancer living in Spain. And who knows? Maybe some day we'll all have to say thanks to her." -By Hunter R. Clark. Reported...
...intimate connections, however, Gray is not just a political fixer. The rules of lobbying have changed since the days when the legendary Thomas ("Tommy the Cork") Corcoran could pick up the phone and deliver the goods for a client. As federal regulations have grown ever stricter in the past 15 years, the number of registered lobbyists has quadrupled. There are now about 6,500, or just over twelve for every member of Congress. But while this growing cacophony of special-interest groups is fighting to be heard, lobbying has become more open, thanks to the full-disclosure demands...
...learned something about the Yankee tradesman's sense of priorities. If, for ex ample, the Wolfs' prehistoric heating sys tem goes blooey at 3 a.m., the repairman is Johnny-on-the-spot. If, on the other hand, troubles are not dire, fat chance of finding a fixer...
...enforcement agents now say Vesco has been located at last: in Cuba, where he is apparently the guest of Fidel Castro. He was the "arranger, fixer and middleman" in a scheme to smuggle American-made sugar-processing equipment into Cuba, says Jack Wolfe, an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Brownsville, Texas, who successfully prosecuted another man in the case. Richard Bettini, an old friend of Vesco's who testified for the Government in the trial, says Vesco has a waterside villa near Havana with a private dock and a yacht. Bettini recounted flying to Havana in Vesco's private...
Under such difficult conditions, Author Bernard Malamud, 69, has been racing himself for a long time. In 31 years he has published seven novels, including The Natural (1952) and The Fixer (1966), interspersed with four volumes of short fiction. The Stories of Bernard Malamud includes 23 pieces selected by the author from these past assemblages, plus two previously uncollected stories. The book not only offers substantial evidence that Malamud's stories are better than his novels; it makes the distinction seem irrelevant. In sufficient concentration, small objects achieve critical mass, enough fast victories add up to a triumphant long...