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...Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs GOP chair: Phil Gramm, Texas Democratic chair: Paul Sarbanes, Maryland Effect of change: Sarbanes? quiet style means less publicity for committee and his distaste for financial mega-institutions could mean fewer mergers...
...stage rather than on the court. His off-Broadway one-man-show, entitled “Kazaam II: Shaq-Diesel Slams in the House,” will gross more money than any other off-Broadway show that starred a 320-pound NBA player in modern history. Phil Jackson will resign as head coach and the world will suddenly realize that Jerry Buss and Jerry West are actually Jerry Krause and Jerry Reinsdorf...
...returned to my office, where Phil had to make some phone calls. I organized a Foosball tournament in which the winner would get a half hour with the Cup. Two guys from the art department, Ed Gabel and D.W. Pine, took me on. Unfortunately, my usual partner was home sick, so I grabbed Max Smith, a designer who has never played before, is losing his eyesight and is really named Ken. While Ed and D.W. were running up and down the halls with the Cup, I realized I hadn't seen Phil in some time. I considered etching my name...
...Phil and I headed to the Grill Room at the Four Seasons, the hardest place in Manhattan to get a table for lunch. I approached Julian Niccolini, the managing partner, and said, "I don't have a reservation, but I do have the Stanley Cup." Julian led us to a table and placed the Cup on it. By the end of the meal, nearly every diner had cell-phoned his assistant to bring a camera so he could get a picture with it. When we asked for a check, Julian refused our money. Phil and I belched the satisfied belches...
...Zell Miller, a conservative maverick Democrat from Georgia, has been courted by Republicans practically from the day he was sworn in last January. Texas Republican Sen. Phil Gramm got Miller to sign onto George W. Bush's mega-tax cut, and, ever since, Gramm has been trying to sweet talk Miller into becoming a Republican. Press speculation became white hot several weeks ago that Miller was about to jump ship. The speculators apparently were ahead of Miller, who adamantly denies he was mulling a switch. "I don't want to talk about it!" Miller barked when I cornered him with...