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...shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?" inquires the psalmist. With reverence, replies Mordecai Richler. Plus a few gags ("What's black and white and brown and looks good on a lawyer?" "A Doberman"); a couple of philosophical digressions ("Liquor, once you're hooked on it, is a hard habit to break. Like God, Henry thought . . ."); some manic riffs on fame ("That dumbbell the Duke of Windsor he threw in the sponge for a tart. You want the Duke and Duchess for a charity ball, you rent them like a tux from...
Some mistook Pulliam for an ideologue because his pragmatic political stands mattered as much to him as the papers' income. He defied advertisers over matters like liquor licensing and a Phoenix beltway, favored by the business establishment, which he helped defeat. He was prickly about his independence and about that of his family and loved institutions. He resigned from the board of DePauw when the school refused to turn down federal money with strings attached. His own children and heirs were expected to work; the money he left them is tied up, dependent on their performance on the newspapers...
Congress has been spurred to action by explosive grass-roots campaigns. Consumer activists seem ready to pounce on almost any "target marketing" by tobacco and liquor manufacturers, a reference to advertising that is tailored to appeal to particular groups. Earlier this year, RJR Nabisco canceled plans for two new cigarette brands -- Uptown, aimed at blacks, and Dakota, which targeted uneducated young women -- in the face of heated opposition from consumer-advocacy groups...
...Chicago a mysterious crusader who calls himself Mandrake has been painting over similar billboards in black and Hispanic neighborhoods. Several billboard companies have responded by voluntarily limiting the placement of certain ads. Since January the Patrick Media Group of Scranton, Pa., has eliminated its ads for cigarettes and liquor near schools and churches in 15 major cities...
...your cheesy fake ID at any of the bars or liquor stores in the Square...