Word: marshmallows
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...Nowadays, he spends less time in bars-and less time in fights. Martin has had his share of them. Outside a bar with one of his own players (Twins' Pitcher Dave Boswell, 1969), in a bar with a Reno sportswriter (1978), in a Bloomington, Minn., bar with a marshmallow salesman (1979), anywhere...
...advising business in the Washington area alone, and for years they have been known as the Beltway Bandits, since so many are clustered along the highway that circles the city. Trying to get a grip on their multifarious activities, says Pryor, "is like wrestling with an 800-lb. marshmallow...
...made sense to the committee. The hearings and the GAO report showed all too clearly that the Government's jerry-built system of hiring consultants badly needs reform. Now that it is budget-cutting season in Washington, Pryor believes the moment is ideal to deflate that 800-lb. marshmallow. Says he: "We could take back maybe $1 billion or $2 billion and not cut out any services at all." In fact, the hearings revealed that the Office of Management and Budget has already decided that all agencies will be required to slash funding for consultant contracts by 15%. Recalling...
...Robert Fluor, chairman of Fluor Corp., a leading manufacturing and construction firm: "Carter has vacillated so much that I find it difficult to know what he wants or doesn't want." Sneered a New York banker in reference to the President: "Inflation has caught us between a marshmallow and a hard place...
...Cheer up a little bit." The student audience burst into applause. Bush is equally cheery in looking ahead. Says he: I really think I can beat Carter. It's not like I would be up against some heavyweight in purple trunks. I really believe Carter is the little marshmallow whom Kennedy set out to beat last fall...