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...near vegetarianism: a drink of warm water on awakening, only fresh fruit for breakfast (no coffee!), at least three glasses of water or juice during the morning, a sandwich and salad for lunch, more water or juice, and for dinner only light soup, fruit or green salad, with nothing headier than cottage cheese. Liquor is absolutely banned. So are pepper, mustard and other spices, along with spiced meats and rich desserts...
...Curley, archetype of The Last Hurrah breed, and smooth-tongued David Ignatius Walsh, first Irishman ever elected to the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts. Walsh was some times a trial: whenever he paid a call, he insisted on quizzing Larry on his American history and catechism. But Curley was another, headier cup of tea: as a bug-eyed boy, Larry listened spellbound as his father and Curley conspired like Sinn Feiners about the ways to break the hated Yankee Republican grip on western Massachusetts. And always there was a recurrent theme: "Our kitchen used to be the place where some...
...explicit minimum requirements for listing companies (though it usually insists on at least 100,000 shares outstanding), feels free to accept a promising company even if it has no earnings. More of a professional's market than the Big Board, Amex operates in a climate of headier speculation and less disclosure-all of which set the scene...
...even for so skilled a troubleshooter as Connecticut's Bailey, there seemed to be no prospect of avoiding a blood-sapping battle in the mayoralty primaries next spring-a prospect that delights New York Republicans. An even headier G.O.P. prospect was the possibility that the 64,000-member Liberal Party-usually a rubber stamp for Democratic candidates-might refuse to back Wagner for a third term...
...Even headier are the big dreams at Vermont's tiny Marlboro College, founded in 1946 on three old farms in the Green Mountains. "We don't fit any stereotype," says President Thomas Ragle, 32, who came to teach and became president instead. Ragle is looking for "the creative intellectual, who may or may not score high on college boards." Not even accredited yet. Marlboro makes every student take a two-day, 16-hour comprehensive exam covering all fields. Flunkers may try again, but must pass to graduate. Also required: a rigorous research project so independently pursued that...