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...nothing more pressing than whether to read a novel or visit a sugar plantation in old Barbados. The stuff of romance, yes. But in the Capitol, it is the essence of lobbying. Lobbying mixes people of the same interests and temperament, adds good food, fine wine and the occasional getaway -- and also produces relationships. And just because one of the companions always picks up the tab doesn't make the liaisons meaningless. Indeed, in most cases, the links are all too serious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bonfire of the Vanities | 5/23/1994 | See Source »

...most notorious recent use of an assault weapon occurred late last month in Waukesha, Wisconsin, where two bank robbers tumbled out of their getaway car and shot to death a veteran police captain through the windshield of his vehicle with M1-A1 assault rifles. "He didn't have a chance," said a colleague, Captain Terry Martorano. "They executed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lethal Weapon 2 | 5/16/1994 | See Source »

...short, here's your story for use at future dorm gatherings, study breaks, keggers and whatnot: "I did the Harvard Library Spring Getaway. The package included hotel accommodations at Widener, Lamont and Hilles, with littler side trips to Cabot, Pusey and the house libraries. Every night there were cocktails and entertainment in the Woodberry Poetry Room. I met a fabulous special someone in Gov Docs. And I'm so happy to have gotten a head start on my tan. It was just like Kathie Lee said it would...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: It's not funny to eat my bunny | 4/7/1994 | See Source »

...those too poor to visit St. Bart's and too timid to ski Killington this break, a perfect getaway lies just three miles off Cape Cod--not the faraway island of Nantucket, but nearby Martha's Vineyard...

Author: By Sarah E. Scrogin, | Title: Get Away to the Vineyard | 3/23/1994 | See Source »

...evidence against the five is overwhelming. The getaway car contained the fingerprints of a defendant. One of the weapons recovered from a sports bag left in a parking lot was flecked with blood from a victim. It also bore fingerprints of another defendant, whose prints were found in an apartment Darabi kept in Berlin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Tehran Connection | 3/21/1994 | See Source »

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