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...woolen trousers with a three-button dove-gray vest, an outfit for which Reagan's Beverly Hills tailor, Frank Mariani, will charge him $1,250. Average rental price of a similar suit for Washington dignitaries: $42. The new President has no head for toppers. Nancy has a new mink in the closet, but may forgo it in favor of a Republican cloth coat. The Reagans' attire will be a considerable departure from the populist style of the Carters. For his Inauguration, Jimmy Carter wore a $175 suit he had bought off the rack a week before, which...
Possibly a mutant strain of a mink virus or the cat virus feline panleukopenia, parvovirus is spread through the feces of infected canines. The virus can remain infectious for months, and can be tracked long distances on the soles of shoes or by other means. The disease does not affect humans, but sniffing dogs can pick up the virus by ingesting less than one-thousandth of a gram of fecal material. Five to ten days after exposure, the dogs may become listless, then vomit and develop bloody diarrhea; they also lose their appetite. If the animal becomes dehydrated...
Heartfelt thanks for your article highlighting the plight of America's latest endangered species, the U.S. citizen abroad [Sept. 29]. I hope Golden Fleecer Senator Proxmire has a relief bill for the non-mink-clad who return home jobless and savingsless because of the interplay of high cost of living abroad and high U.S. taxes. Ironically, the Communists have been painting the walls for years with YANKEE GO HOME, but it is Proxmire and the U.S. Treasury boys who are implementing that slogan. Thomas L. Hughes Caracas...
...left most executive salaries untouched. In 1977, however, Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin gave his famous Golden Fleece of the Year award to the Treasury Department for its efforts to delay enactment of changes in the Internal Revenue code that would have sharply increased taxes for those he called "mink-swathed Americans who spend their waking hours in gambling casinos in Monte Carlo." The following year the rules on the income tax exclusion and the taxation of benefits were tightened...
...eight members of one of Texas' wealthiest families contrive to live under one roof, resembles a formicary of Neiman-Marcus showrooms. Every taste and no taste is represented here: satin pillowcases, china dogs, replicas of Steuben vases, gilt-framed imitations of Frederic Remington, bedroom closets that look like mink cemeteries. The budget for a typical Dallas episode approaches $700,000, one of the highest in TV, but all the money is on the screen...