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...property had increased in value after his earlier assessment because it was no longer vacant. But Alderman Puglia charges that Howe raised the assessment only when he found out he was being investigated for conflict-of-interest. "After they became aware that I was snooping around, they took a pencil and tried to cover their tracks by changing the assessment," Puglia charges...
...whisked by special courier to the Manhattan apartment of Publisher Arthur ("Punch") Sulzberger. He can hardly help noticing the typographical error in the paper's logo: Not The New York Times. Exactly who is responsible for this outrageous, cunningly crafted parody? Among those reputed to have laid a pencil to the project are Michael Arlen, Carl Bernstein, Nora Ephron, Frances Fitz-Gerald, Jerzy Kosinski, George and Freddy Plimpton, Terry Southern and about three or four dozen other wordsmiths from leading publishing firms, the unemployment rolls and the Times itself. Observed Calvin Trillin, one of the town...
When his lawyers have warned him that he might be sued for the content of his shows, Lear said he never gave in: "They can't take away my kids. And I'll always be able to find a pencil and piece of paper somewhere...
...majority of them have no experience or training in fraud investigation. Much of their time is spent on discrimination complaints. Even so, GSA investigators are armed with handguns, of dubious use when dealing with white-collar crime. Said Subcommittee Chairman Lawton Chiles: "They should be required to carry a pencil and a calculator so they can tote...
When directed to give her name, the pencil-thin, brown-haired woman in the witness chair of a congressional hearing room said nervously: "Marina Prusakova Porter...