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...done the most to get him back in the race. He shot up to 15% in a Gallup poll of New Hampshire Republicans after running an ad painting Bush and Dole as closet advocates of higher taxes. Another Kemp commercial attacked the two front runners for supporting an oil-import fee. Then in Iowa last week, Kemp unleashed a visually powerful ad that showed him rescuing Social Security from the clutches of Dole and Bush...
...while the average movie junket generally carries less global import then, say, a world war, or even--surprise--a baby vomiting in Buffalo, there are several salient features of the junket experience that may redeem it for some people. For example, the booze, which is free, or the deluxe hotel room, which similarly is gratis. Or the chance to run amok in a strange city where no one knows you--and not be one penny poorer for the opportunity...
...lacks the intrigue of the Iran arms deal, but the case of the Korean M-1 rifles has stirred a controversy on Capitol Hill just the same. Since 1984 Blue Sky Productions, a small Arlington, Va., arms dealer, has been trying to import up to 200,000 American-made M-1s that the U.S. Army shipped to South Korea during World War II and the Korean War. The company hopes to reap as much as $30 million by buying the rifles for $150 apiece and selling them to antique-gun collectors for $300. But the Treasury Department has barred...
CUISINE OF THE YEAR Italian food is the no-contest fashion favorite, especially in new casually chic cafe-trattorias. Enticing antipasti, new thin pizzas, and the pasta, fish and vegetable dishes suit modern ideas of good nutrition, as well as the desires of grazers. The Milan import Bice took Manhattan by storm last summer, and hopes to do the same in Beverly Hills in '88, when it opens another branch. Both Avanzare and Spiaggia are seeing heavy action in Chicago, and Restaurant Associates is planning to expand its Vivande format from Baltimore to Washington, D.C., and Livingston...
...keep coming. In various stages of gestation for 1988, or Year of the Dog II: K-9 (a movie about a cop and his you-know-what partner), The Dog Who Cried Wolf (a film comedy about, yes, a talking dog), The Adventures of Milo and Otis (a Japanese import about a canine and his cat friend) and Cold Dog Soup (a black comedy about a dead...