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...kingpin, failed to observe a respectful amount of time between service rendered and money collected. DeConcini hosted a high-level meeting at which he outlined Keating's demands, which gave an "appearance of being improper" in the eyes of the ethics panel. Glenn, who arranged a luncheon for Keating with then Speaker Jim Wright, was deemed merely to have "exercised poor judgment...
...days tend to be born over lunch. Supply-side economics flowered in 1974 when economist Arthur Laffer drew tax and revenue curves on a cocktail napkin. For communitarianism, the seminal breaking of the bread came last summer at the faculty club at George Washington University, where Etzioni teaches; his luncheon companion was political scientist William Galston, the issues director of Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign. Sensing a shared perspective, Etzioni plied Galston with hypothetical conflicts. Are sobriety checkpoints for drivers of motor vehicles an infringement of civil liberties? What should the police be legitimately allowed to do to disrupt...
...ability to overcome adversity. Last winter, the award-winning writer entered a hospital for a kidney transplant only days - after knocking out a cover on Pentagon cutbacks. Within three months, Church was back in action, dazzling everyone with his wordplay -- and his horseplay. Once, while attending a luncheon, a straight-suited IBM economist whispered in George's ear, "Gee, it must be great to have a job where you can dress like that." At the time, George was sporting a red jacket, red tie, yellow shirt and gray-and-red-checked slacks. "Believe it or not," says Church, "I thought...
Williams couldn't buy the election against Richards, though. Williams self-destructed, offending voters' sensibilities with his undecorous behavior and evident stupidity. He refused to shake Richards' hand at a Dallas luncheon and showed complete ignorance over a proposed constitutional amendment on the Texas ballot. Although most Texas voters weren't crazy about Richards (she constantly fought unusually high negative ratings), Williams' money could not erase the bad impressions he left with many voters...
...GARISH REPUBLICAN FUNDRAISER luncheon a couple of weeks after the primaries, U.S. Senate hopeful Jim Rappaport was hard at work...