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...tony clothiers, sales have boomed as executives invest in convenience. "A line of white shirts in the closet is comforting to face when you're in a hurry," observes Salesman Jay Haley. "They go with everything, so you can just pull them out of the closet with no fuss and bam! you're out the door looking good...
Running neck and neck with Gephardt are Michael Dukakis and Paul Simon. Dukakis, in particular, remains formidable with his no-fuss, no-muss campaign style. "Dukakis gets the safe-driver award of this campaign," concedes David Axelrod, Simon's media adviser. "He never goes more than 40 miles an hour, but he never gets into any accidents." Dukakis unveiled last week a series of ! skillfully produced television ads, designed to convey passion without committing him to specifics beyond Democratic Party boiler plate. In one TV spot, picture-perfect toddlers gambol in front of an oversize flag as a toy piano...
...artistic temperament. In private, some of his acquaintances grumble about his explosive temper, but few dare to confront him, presumably because of his power and influence. While his first wife was still married to him, she was quoted as saying, "He never relaxes. He likes to have something to fuss about. He is exhausting to be with...
...created an impossibly pretty, thoroughly thought-out floor lamp. It has steel tubes finished in black epoxy; the conical shade is spun aluminum; the green spherical on-off dimmer switch is patinated brass. The result is a lamp that alludes serenely to light -- the moon and the sun -- without fuss or frill...
...center of the fuss was a French government report alleging that a Bourges munitions firm, Luchaire, sold some 500,000 artillery shells worth $120 million to Tehran between 1983 and 1986. The alleged deal violated a government embargo against military aid to Iran. The report, written by the army controller-general, claims that Mitterrand and Hernu knew of the illicit sales as early as 1984 and did nothing to stop them. The report charges that Mitterrand's Socialist Party may have taken kickbacks worth about $500,000 to look the other...