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...more spirited questions around Washington now is whether Jimmy Carter has ever had a three-martini lunch. Hamilton Jordan, his top aide, has never seen Carter drink even one martini. But Jordan says rather wickedly that he does not know what goes on over in the private part of the mansion after work...
...declared Jimmy Carter in his election campaign, during which time he swore off demon rum and all other strong drink. Now, as President, he takes an occasional light Scotch, and he is about to serve up at least a miniprohibition on what he calls "the three-martini lunch." What Carter intends to recommend to Congress in mid-October, as part of his tax "reform" program, is bound to set up howls from even teetotaling business people, as well as restaurateurs and hoteliers...
...deduction that could be taken for a business lunch. Aides are having trouble fixing a figure, since meals and drinks cost so much more in Manhattan than in, say, Cedar Rapids; one guess is $35 for two people. But Carter has railed so vehemently against the "three-martini lunch" that his staff has to come up with something. Carter is also considering eliminating or restricting deductions for club dues, tickets to sports events and the cost of using corporate jets. Business would get new incentives to invest. The tax credit that corporations can take for expansion and modernization expenditures would...
...albeit with different examples. And, while their wit makes enjoyable reading, the sustained sharpness gives the book a flavor of a few too many axes to grind. They pan Craig Claiborne so many times that one begins to wonder if he ever put vanilla flavoring in Karen Hess's martini. Or ketchup...
...Angeles, network executives watching a screening of the movie were on the edge of their seats, almost clawing at the armrests with indignation. In New York City, the film was a three-martini lunch topic along Sixth Avenue -"Network Row"-and NBC angrily barred Director Sidney Lumet from a screening of one of its own TV movies. "It's a piece of crap," huffed an NBC vice president. "It had nothing to do with our business." ABC's Barbara Walters was more delicate. She said that while the movie was entertaining, she was afraid audiences would think...