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...girls at work; now she has only seven. "Everything fini," she lamented. No one seemed more downcast than "Momma Bich," who played hostess during the 1960s to some of the wildest parties ever seen in Saigon's back rooms. U.S. Special Forces troops used to lavish $1,000 apiece on parties that lasted a whole weekend. Now fat and aging (she is 32), Momma is left with $30,000 in lOUs from G.I.s and a flood of bittersweet memories. "I love Special Forces men. They are all crazy and never care about tomorrow. They go into field and maybe...
...Neal's computerized skill at the game, Ned Beatty as a fast-talking fence and rabid family man ("My boys are gonna grow up goddam fine or I'm gonna know the reason why!"), and Gregory Sierra as a punchy Mexican boxer and amateur booster-all lavish the kind of care on their roles that goes beyond the call of duty and script...
...Peace Hotel, and the ornate front entrance had been sealed off. A great tapestry of Yenan and a red and gold Mao-thought dominated the lobby. The dim lighting, bare walls and slipcovers on the old plush furniture gave the Cathay-Peace the half-open look of a lavish summer resort trying to squeak through the winter. The reception desk, once manned by British-accented Chinese concierges in cutaways and striped pants, was staffed by men and women of the hotel revolutionary committee, identically dressed in heavy black padded jackets and pants. They take no tips...
Detroit's plight does not result from lavish spending. Its schools have been living frugally for several years, and more so than ever this year when $16 million was slashed from the budget. The schools now must get by with old versions of textbooks instead of buying new editions, and cutbacks have been made in such courses as music, art, remedial instruction and athletics. The teaching staff has been reduced by 350 to 10,500, even though it means larger classes-35 pupils per class, about ten more than the statewide average. Teacher salaries now average...
...Afternoon briefings-quickly dubbed the 2 O'Clock Follies-were begun, as one officer explained, "to provide the press with a time to air their complaints." Finding this outlet insufficient, A.P. Reporter Peter Arnett filed a story outlining the perfumed and powdered care that base nurses planned to lavish on the P.O.W.s. Fearing howls of outrage from P.O.W. wives, the Pentagon hastily dispatched two high-level press officers to negotiate a cease-fire with the press...