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...Andrea Mitchell, probably came from the press's sense that it was being used as a conduit to serve Allen's ends. Questioners rummaged once again through the familiar story of the unreported $1,000 Japanese tip and all the evasions and revisions since then. Marvin Kalb, coolly and skillfully closed the program with two prescient questions: "Do you feel that you have been wronged by anyone in this Administration?" "No." "By the press?" ". . . Terribly irresponsible things have happened. At our house, which has been staked out every morning beginning at 5:30 by media people, trees have...
...anywhere from $300 to $600, and the process is tedious and uncomfortable. Lately, however, a less expensive alternative has been gaining popularity. Called tooth bonding, it not only costs less but is easier to do, and, enthusiasts claim, looks better when the job is done. Declares Chicago Dentist Marvin Berman: "Bonding is one of the greatest things to come along since fluoride and the high-speed drill...
...applications made every year would be prohibitively expensive. The officials concede they put more emphasis on the security agents' other duties, but they defend that practice. "Do you provide protection to the ambassador in Beirut, who has been attacked twice, or do you do more passport investigations?" asks Marvin Garrett, acting deputy assistant secretary for security. "We have to have priorities here...
...STORY of the Washington punch is one of many in Halberstam's ledger; he is, of course, the Olympic anecdote champion. No one gets the gossip he gets--the recruiters visiting Bill Walton's mom and dad, the notorious Marvin "Bad News" Barnes taking off on another binge, the team trainer enduring the petty humiliations. Halberstam traveled the entire season with the Blazers and it shows. He knows the patterns of big league life--the hotels, the planes, the soap operas (both televised and intramural)--and the reader's appreciation of the game is richer for it. The basketball story...
...King of Marvin Gardens (1972) d. Rafelson...