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...getting to the point of lobby-lock now," says Lobbyist Carl Nordberg. "There are so many lobbyists here pushing and pulling in so many different directions that, at times, nothing seems to go anywhere." The most pernicious effect of the influence-peddling game may simply be that it consumes so much of a Congressman's working day. Every time a Congressmen takes a PAC check, he is obliged at least to grant the contributor an audience. The IOUs mount up. "Time management is a serious problem," says Frank. "I find myself screening out people who just want to bill their...
...mounting a military coup, and would support Aquino against Marcos. "I believe in my whole heart that Aquino was duly elected President," said Enrile. "She is the rightful owner of the mandate of the people." Perhaps. But there was no indication that Marcos was prepared to loosen his lock grip on power without a fight. By week's end he was making increasingly menacing noises about taking action to "liquidate" the forces backing the two rebels. "We will not be able to stay from forceful action for very long," he warned...
...whole toad is captured here. L'ecriture, c'est l'homme (Handwriting is the man). Or: L'ecriture c'est le crapaud (Handwriting is the toad). What collectors pay for is the great writer's manuscript, the relic of his actual touch, like a saint's bone or lock of hair. What will we pay in future years for a great writer's computer printouts? All the evidence of his emendations, his confusions and moods, will have vanished into hyperspace, shot there by the Delete...
...Giovanni prowls the hallways, listening to accents and watching the sway of buttocks. He selects a recipient for his gifts and tracks her down to her door. He knocks and keeps knocking, asking for one small moment, pliss. If you've glanced at his wares and found them resistible, lock the door and don't answer. In time he will tire of your silly intransigence and go on to offer his golden moments at another door...
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED should discontinue the swimsuit issue. It will calm millions of parents who subscribed to the magazine for their teenage kids; and it will make school librarians sleep easier knowing that they don't have to keep the issue under lock...