Word: gores
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WASHINGTON, D.C. by Gore Vidal. 377 pages. Little, Brown...
Writing a novel about the capital is like writing one about Hollywood-even truth is parody. In this political fiction, Gore Vidal (The Best Man) tries hard to bring the Washington scene of 1937-52 to life, but to little avail...
...fight to repeal the act was led by Tennessee Democrat Albert Gore, who feared that if such a subsidy were made available before existing laws governing campaign contributions and expenses are overhauled, "we shall simply never achieve reform." New York Democrat Robert Kennedy noted that while the money would theoretically be used only in presidential contests, the act was so loosely worded that funds could easily be diverted to boost favored local candi dates. With such a huge fund at his disposal, an incumbent President could wield vast control over local party machines. In Kennedy's case, the implications...
...stars all look wretchedly unhappy, alas, and with reason: Paris is just possibly the most drastically disorganized war movie ever made. For one thing, the script, adapted by Gore Vidal and F. F. Coppola from last year's bestselling piece of pop history by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre, tries to tell the story from about 60 points of view at once-some German, some American, some Free French, some Vichy French, some utterly unidentifiable. The result is a 161-minute non sequitur in which the spectator is shrapnel-splattered by bit parts and bitty scenes until...
...bill to encourage foreign investment in the U.S. It had already passed the House, and the proposal itself was no serious problem. But it was loaded with so many assorted amendments (24 in all) that it was laughingly labeled "the Christmas tree bill." Tennessee's Democratic Senator Albert Gore opposed one amendment that would allow taxpayers to allocate $1 or $2 of their taxes to a Government-operated presidential campaign fund. He threatened to call for a quorum count of the Senate, in the knowledge that it was impossible to find anything like the 51 members needed...