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Kerri Green, as a transfer student from another school, is the fair maiden. Initially, she is drawn into a summer friendship with Lucas, sharing his love of classical music and biological oddities. But, alas, she becomes distant as she is caught up in the whirl of high school activities once classes begin...
...elections. But Congress is not likely to vote for these reforms any time soon, in large part because as incumbents they can almost always raise more money than challengers can. Certainly, most Congressmen have become wearily resigned to living with lobbyists. They are sources of money, political savvy, even friendship. In the jaded culture of Washington, influence peddlers are more envied than disdained. Indeed, to lawmakers on the Hill and policymakers throughout the Executive Branch, the feeling increasingly seems to be: well, if you can't beat 'em, join...
...superlobbyist like Robert Gray, a former minor official in the Eisenhower Administration who parlayed his promotional genius and friendship with the Reagans into a $20 million-a-year p.r. and lobbying outfit, is in the papers more than most congressional committee chairmen. He would have his clients believe that he is at least as powerful. "In the old days, lobbyists never got any publicity," says Veteran Lobbyist Maurice Rosenblatt, who has prowled the halls of Congress for several decades. "Congressmen didn't want to be seen with notorious bagmen. But now, he shrugs, "the so-called best lobbyists...
...Personality characteristics and friendship patterns that begin to develop early in childhood can strongly influence later decisions regarding drug use," said Gene M. Smith, the study's author, a psychologist at MGH and an associate professor at Harvard Medical School...
...DENYING the Contadora group full support, Washington is putting the countries of Central America in a position where they have to choose between the friendship of the Northern power or of a Central American neighbor. Contadora will never resolve the Nicaraguan conflict without active U.S. participation. The Reagan Administration has steadfastly ignored Contadora's objectives: peace, democracy and stability, in both the long and short term. It is up to Congress to incorporate these goals into U.S. policy...