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...watch passively as the line grows thicker rather than longer. You glare at the stream of wanderers who scout the line for a friend to cut in front of. You consider going up to cut yourself, but fear the doors will open soon-and the crowd at the front of the "line" is 20 people across...
...stood proudly beside his wife Geraldine Ferraro, first woman ever nominated by a major party to run for U.S. Vice President. Privately, too, he was doing well; the couple had a net worth of about $4 million, stemming largely from his New York real estate business. But in the glare of the Ferraro campaign, his financial dealings came under harsh scrutiny. Last week Zaccaro was arrested and ushered into Manhattan Criminal Court, where he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge. An indictment accused Zaccaro of scheming to defraud during a deal in which he and a partner tried...
...Drop-By. The ingredients for a successful Power Drop-By include a late arrival, a chauffeured limousine and media props. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger has become a master. At a reception for a visiting Italian official, Weinberger showed up an hour late, greeted the guest of honor in the glare of a television light that suddenly popped on, chatted with other guests and said his farewells amid a quick round of handshakes. Elapsed time: 14 min., 45 sec. "He knows his presence can make or break an event," said Host Paul Laxalt, whose event had evidently just been made...
...Palace for an audience with Marcos. She was immediately ushered into the presidential study. After a 15-minute discussion behind closed doors, Agrava and the President emerged together and walked to the palace's Ceremonial Hall. There, they sat in high, stiff-backed chairs before the blinding glare of television lights, until Agrava handed the President her own 121-page minority report on the killing. Said she: "Your Excellency, I have now the honor to present to you my report." Replied Marcos: "I hereby formally receive the report...
...spotlight of Nobel publicity casts a pitiless glare, of course, and if Seifert seems a rather modest and provincial talent to become so celebrated, he has nonetheless survived honorably in a time and region where that capacity was harshly tested. Born to poverty in 1901, he published his first book of poetry, A City in Tears, when he was 19. He was an idealistic Communist in those days, but two trips to the Soviet Union in the 1920s were disillusioning. When he challenged the Stalinist leadership of the party, he was expelled...