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...Charles Koch lacs Pacific Palisades, Calif...
...away in the arms of their lovers. Indeed, during the 19th century, tuberculosis-or consumption, as it was then called-exacted a horrifying toll; up to 20% of the population in Western countries died of it before the age of 50. But by 1882, when the German bacteriologist Robert Koch demystified the disease by identifying the tiny rod-shaped tubercle bacillus that caused it, the tide was turning...
...conclusion, Auletta ridicules Mayor Edward I. Koch's vision of a renaissance in the city. He feels that Koch has been as promiscuous with city funds as his predecessors; and that the mayor has not yet confronted the issues--growing debt and budget, shrinking tax base, et al.--that will determine whether the city lives or dies. On Koch's efforts, Auletta quotes the Wizard of Oz's excuse to Dorothy: "I'm really a very good man, but I'm a very bad wizard...
...newscasts. He also made gains at a series of quiet meetings in New York. He talked with groups of blacks, Jews and business leaders. Howard M. Squadron, president of the American Jewish Congress, concluded guardedly that "Brown says the right things." During a three-hour dinner with Mayor Edward Koch, Brown impressed one of the mayor's aides as being "neither flaky nor overly philosophical; he's a good politician." Nevertheless, Koch, long a Carter supporter, indicated he still favored Carter over Brown...
...city sent another bill and a warning. LoGiudice complained to the press. The press cried out. The spirit of George Washington was invoked. The parks commission backed down. It said it would waive payment, but it insisted that its rules were good ones. Said Mayor Edward Koch: "Even George Washington would have to have a license today to chop down a tree...