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Every costume told a story. David Gergen disguised himself as Richard Nixon, his hands rising in the famous V-for-victory gesture. The much feared adviser and friend Susan Thomases was a Pilgrim. Affable communications director Mark Gearan became a gorilla, while mild-mannered personnel chief Bruce Lindsey wore a nun's habit. Pirate George Stephanopoulos huddled with media whiz Mandy Grunwald, who looked for all the world like a health security card. White House decorator Kaki Hockersmith--Scarlett O'Hara--had her dress made from fabric matching the curtains in the Lincoln Bedroom...
...estimated that more than 400 peopleattended the event to see mimes, clowns,puppeteers, unicyclists, magicians and variousanimals, including a rabbit, mouse, frog, polarbear, giraffe, lion, elephant, gorilla and shark."I think this is fabulous considering the rain,"she said of the turnout. "The kids are loving...
That is, until Norman got a gander at an artist's sketch of the proposed store. "It made me sick," he says. "There was this three-level building, this antiseptic, big white monster. It was like letting a 300-lb. gorilla into your living room." But town leaders were already wooed and won, giving Wal- Mart the desired zoning change for the site from industrial to commercial. Norman and like-minded neighbors mobilized quickly, forming the "We're Against the Wal Committee" and bombarding the area with bumper stickers, lawn signs and newspaper ads showing people the store...
Last week the people of Greenfield (pop. 18,000) delivered Wal-Mart its third defeat this year when residents voted to keep the discount retailer from building the gorilla in their midst. Some 60% of the town turned out for the vote, preventing the measure that would have rezoned the proposed site by a slim nine-vote margin. Similar resistance in Westford, Massachusetts (pop. 16,000), and North Olmsted, Ohio (pop. 34,000), has led Wal-Mart to withdraw its interest there as well...
...Oval Office rendezvous, Clinton was still weaving cosmic dreams for a summer of revived leadership. "I would love to get this bill out by the Tokyo economic summit," which begins July 7, he told the small group before him. "I'd go to the meeting like a 400-lb. gorilla...