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...Service employees. The net savings would be about $270 million, a figure the President could easily cover if he expanded what one wag has called "George Bush's Going out of Business Sale" by offering the Saudis just four more $70 million F-15s -- which, needless to say, the kingdom would gladly...
Surely the Lord shall visit the pious and shall call the righteous by name. His spirit shall hover over the poor; by his strength he shall renew the faithful. He shall glorify the pious upon the throne of the eternal kingdom. He shall release the captives, restore sight to the blind, make straight those who are bent double . . . He shall heal the wounded, resurrect the dead, preach glad tidings to the poor...
Ruth, a beautiful harpy, was born after her mother and father had adopted their tiny niece Elizabeth, whose parents had been killed in a car accident. Ruth loses no time in stating her lifelong position: "I came wrapped in a caul of darkness and anger into Elizabeth's kingdom." Her cousin is, in fact, a preternaturally good child, so Ruth cultivates meanness and petty thievery with gusto. She hides Elizabeth's favorite dolls and into adulthood wears her clothes on the sly. Elizabeth paints (skies only); Ruth toys with starting a publishing imprint (her first book would be a reissue...
...jungle out there. Beavers, for so long considered one of the animal kingdom's hardest workers, are proliferating faster than they can paddle. According to a Colorado environmental group, Wildlife 2000, their numbers have swelled to more than 6 million, maybe as many as 12 million. Animal-rights activists have crippled the fur trade, and killing helpless animals for sport is no longer fashionable. The result is that these mindlessly multiplying creatures are chewing up more trees than anyone can count. It is foolhardy to suggest that the anti-fur-coat folks should now retreat and give thousands of women...
During the board meeting last January at which his father announced that his son would get the keys to the kingdom, the drama was heightened when the famous clock on the Times Building suddenly went dark. Now it is ticking again, as Sulzberger gallops out of the building, talking about the new plant, covering Brooklyn as thoroughly as Beirut, the outer suburbs to conquer, Pulitzers to win. Without a sigh -- he is not a sigher -- he turns down 43rd Street to catch the bus, and says, "I'm only 40. I've got time...