Word: notes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...REAGAN RECIPE Following the Iran-contra debacle in 1986, Ronald Reagan steered deliberately to the center, hoping to end his presidency on a good note. He made sure to pass a couple of solidly popular domestic measures with bipartisan support. For Clinton, that could be rewriting the managed-care files and saving Social Security from bankruptcy. Overseas he needs one clear win. Reagan had a Soviet arms-control deal; Clinton could try for progress in the Middle East peace talks...
...should note here that just before the speech, a guest on Larry King Live said the President should "do a 100% grovel." The American President cannot, should not, must not grovel. But a strong man can tell hard truths; can be tough on himself; can, through painful candor, inspire a nation to be its best, most generous self. But he must be his best, most generous self first...
...given that he was so sick of it when he left Creative Artists Agency in 1995. But managers, unlike agents, can act as producers, so the new Ovitz enterprise could have a broader scope than CAA. Those who doubt Ovitz has the patience to deal with finicky stars should note that he recently stepped in to help Barry Levinson cut a deal with Warner. And Ovitz?s old friends at CAA are painfully aware that he has taken ample office space on Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills, not far from the I.M. Pei?designed fortress that Ovitz constructed when...
...because it's just one note. In fact, I was thinking of copyrighting one note and suing them for stealing my song...
...what Howell Raines, editor of the New York Times' editorial page, was getting at when he wrote that "the historical bottom line of this event will be that a white guy with the right connections got pardoned for offenses that would have taken down a minority or female journalist." Note the attribution: I wouldn't dare borrow anything from Mr. Raines, much less relegate him to a footnote...