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...WHEN Tommy Walker, the man who played central roles at the Los Angeles Olympics Celebration and the Statue of Liberty salute, is billed as the producer, people tend to expect a show that will knock their socks off--or at least send them flying off their commemorative seat cushions...
...result of that assiduousness, Lauren has been criticized as being a promoter rather than a designer, a copycat who turns traditional ideas into high-priced knock-offs. Case in point: his lined dungaree jacket with corduroy collar, a $98 rendering of an item that sells for about $35 with the Lee blue- jean label. Yet what Lauren is accused of taking from tradition is & systematically reborrowed from him by dozens of his smaller competitors...
...popular ones (Rolling Stone). It covers such categories as media talk (show biz, glitz), government lingo (lame duck, on the stump), business idioms (the fine print, three-martini lunch) and cocktail patter (networking, finger food, breaking the ice). The final exam: a mock bash at which students will knock down real cocktails, press the flesh and chat up guests...
...arms-cont rol agreement with the Soviet Union and, if it does, just what kind. Increasingly beset by congressional critics, the Administration last week was still struggling to define its policy toward South Africa's repressive white government. Ronald Reagan floats blithely above the bureaucratic battles, apparently unwilling to knock heads, bruise egos and decide the urgent issues. Many officials in the capital deplore the drifting and look for someone to blame. Rather than take on the popular President, some are taking their frustrations out on the man who, on critical security matters, is assumed to have the President...
...Sometimes Cuomo can be physically intimidating. Years ago, when then Governor Hugh Carey backed away from a promise to support him, Cuomo protested in person. He felt betrayed and said so angrily. Stung, Carey started to rise out of his chair. "Sit down, Hughie," warned Cuomo, "or I'll knock you right on your ass." Carey leaned back into the chair...