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...back to the mid-1960s. Then, Jacqueline Susann and her husband-- press agent Irving Mansfield so relentlessly promoted her on TV and wherever else prospective readers could be buttonholed that Susann's novel Valley of the Dolls (1966) became a monster best seller. Other novels followed from her teeming pen, and they were successfully marketed not so much as new books but as new Jackie Susanns...
...Washington, Edna may become godmother to Carla's first born, but never mind. The guidelines do permit "nominal gifts" from nonfriends, but in the absence of a dollar amount, explains Representative Jim McDermott, the ranking Democrat on the House ethics committee, he can only respond item by item: Bic pen, yes; Montblanc, no. Whitman's Sampler, yes; Godiva chocolates, no. Receptions are O.K., if the spread goes light on the four major food groups. Hors d'oeuvres are of nominal value, but roast beef will get you in trouble with the Meal Police...
WASHINGTON, D. C.: Wielding an electronic pen, President Clinton signed the controversial telecommunications bill at the Library of Congress, setting into motion a flurry of responses by activists and commercial firms. The American Civil Liberties Union immediately filed suit over a provision banning "indecent" material from electronic networks, saying the measure abridges free speech. Many popular Internet sites also turned their backgrounds black in protest. While the smut provision has captured many of the headlines, several other important measures also became law. The barrier between long-distance and local providers is now gone. AT&T announced moments after the bill...
...seems a hazardous moment to take up the editorial pen. Why, only a few short weeks ago, President Clinton, responding through his press secretary to a column by William Safire that questioned the credibility of the First Lady, expressed a desire to direct his reply straight to "the bridge of Mr. Safire's nose." Yet, at the risk of leading myself into fisticuffs with the powers-that-be, I embark here on a journey as an editorial columnist...
While the nation's capital faces the red pen of bureaucracy slashing, Harvard, too, confronts questions about the steady growth of its own administration...