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Seal of Approval. To the surprise of almost everyone at the hearing, the greatest heat came from the Senators' eagerness to heap praise on the budget director. In a remarkable turnaround from the deep concern that many of them had expressed only three days earlier about Lance's business affairs, they lobbed soft questions at him, asked even gentler follow-ups, and accepted his answers at face value. Ohio Democrat John Glenn wondered whether "Lance's assets include his closeness to President Carter." Continued Glenn: "None of us can answer that. I will skip that...
Nothing pussyfooted about the average gang or "click," as some kids like to call it. At the top of the heap is the "prez," who, if he wants to stay there, had better respond to every threat and challenge. The "veep" supervises internal affairs, especially dues and initiation rituals; the "war counselor" plans the "ripoffs" and "gang-hits" and commands the "gestapo" squads, which consist of the enforcers; the "armorer" keeps the weapons functioning in a safe place such as an abandoned building or a girl friend's apartment. Even automatic and semiautomatic firearms-like...
...flamboyant, chestnut-haired Spanish beauty who helped bring a struggling little show called Hair to the Great White Way-and thence to the whole world-by investing $57,000 in it in 1967. That strategic infusion, claims Adela LaFora Holzer, earned her $2 million. It also earned her a heap of fame among show biz folk and set her on the road to becoming a big-time theatrical producer. Actors, agents, composers, publishers-and, of course, psychiatrists-loved to mix with Adela and her third husband, Peter Holzer, who at one time or another has owned shipping and freight-forwarding...
...seems that a win on May 15 will be necessary to put the Crimson back on top of the heap and right now it could go either...
...Among other things, Sadat is as devout a Moslem as Carter is a Baptist. Moreover, both are small-town boys who talk about the inspiration they still gain from their home towns. Sadat's Plains is a Nile Delta village named Mit Abou Alkoum (the Place of the Heap), which Sadat has called "an unfailing source of morality, common sense and perspective...