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...irony. "If the government keeps going the way it is, you won't have any fine- dining establishments in America," grumbles chief executive William Fisher, as he chows down a power lunch at nearby Mo Sussman's restaurant. "We are not a special interest. And I don't wear Gucci loafers. But what's good for our industry is good for the economy...
...biggest disappointment of all came when the President bought his young daughter a closet full of Gucci pumps for his Inaugural Ball. "Hillary and I felt these were more suitable for our daughter's feet," he said. "We're not going to sacrifice our daughter's orthopedic development to make a political point...
ROSS PEROT BASES HIS CRUSADE for the presidency on being an outsider, a political ingenue who wouldn't know a Gucci-shoed lobbyist if he tripped over one. This reformer would have the public believe he has nothing in common with the fools in Washington. He supports a ban on "these guys with their alligator shoes," who swarm over the halls of Congress trying to open loopholes large enough to drive their leased Jaguars through...
...state. His sweeping reform policies, like restructuring the tax system and overhauling education, may have been Louisiana's castor oil, but voters refused to swallow it. That leaves them with a choice between Duke, who is currently a state representative, and Edwards, a high-stakes gambler with Gucci tastes, a greased-lightning wit and a reputation for skirt chasing. Bewailing the dilemma facing Louisiana voters the day after the Oct. 19 primary -- in which Edwards got 34% of the vote, Duke 32% and Roemer 27% -- the New Orleans Times- Picayune editorialized, "Of all the excesses that have made our state...
...more than $100 billion, Rome can no longer afford to wink at deadbeats. To embarrass delinquents, Finance Minister Rino Formica launched Operation Glass House, giving computerized lists of the past decade's 270,000 tax evaders to the press. The lists include such figures as leather-goods entrepreneur Roberto Gucci and Benito Mussolini's son Romano...