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...moving toward the state from out over the Pacific. "By coming straight across the ocean," explains Arthur Lezzard, chief meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Los Angeles, "the storms are picking up a lot of moisture, and they are hitting California broadside. The pattern should continue for another month...
...painting always done with an impeccable air of cleanliness and calm spaciousness evident, for example, in the autumn leaves, long shadows and golden afternoon sun of October Interior (1963) or again in a unique look at furniture and the glow of the fireplace in his Interior with a Dress Pattern (1969). And as one steps back away from the paintings, out of the initial imprecision of the oils comes a nearly photographic effect. The scenes look every bit like a page from House and Garden...
...various steps this Administration has taken ... to deal with these problems on a systematic and decisive basis. I urge patience." Did Spinney agree, Senators asked, that the initiatives taken by the Administration would bring costs under control? Spinney was cautious about criticizing his superiors. Said he: "The 1984 pattern appears to be the same...
...Pentagon differs from innumerable others only in that it is piled somewhat higher with computer printouts. He speaks coolly, even diffidently, and writes in the most leaden Pentagonese (sample: "It is obvious that the cumulative effect of these political externalities has not been able to generate a growth pattern that is compatible with the growth pattern in our plans"). The most vivid words one colleague can find to describe him are "dogged and thorough...
While the White House worked to defuse the controversy, Congress was heading in a different direction. In an appearance before a House subcommittee, Rita Lavelle testified that regional offices of the EPA have been looking into charges that a "pattern" of organized-crime involvement in toxic-waste disposal exists. Lavelle also revealed that she had met with Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese and White House Cabinet Secretary Craig Fuller "ten or twelve" times to discuss specific toxic-waste issues, although she said neither tried to influence any of the agency's decisions. The White House subsequently said that its counsel...