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Foreign governments are particularly eager to retain savvy Washington insiders to guide them through the bureaucratic and congressional maze and polish their sometimes unsavory images in the U.S. The Marcos government in the Philippines has retained the well-connected lobbying firm of Black, Manafort & Stone for a reported fee of $900,000. Another Black, Manafort client is Angolan Rebel Jonas Savimbi (see box). Not to be outdone, the Marxist regime of Angola hired Bob Gray's firm to front for it in Washington. Two years ago, Gray told TIME that he checks with his "good friend," CIA Director William Casey...
...seize the advantages his surname affords. "People told me I'd be a fool not to," he says. "If people insist it's an unfair advantage, at some point you have to say, 'Who cares?' " His risky and risque performance as guest host of S.N.L. displayed the stage polish that runs in his family, aiming him toward a new career as a television personality...
...told them: `You can play poorly and win[against Harvard],'" Krzyzewski added. "I guessthat's the Polish way of getting your team firedup...
...Nevr-Dull," the inquisitor volunteered at one point, as they got off on the burnishing side of life. "I use Simichrome polish...
Back when Joe Kahn was writing giddy letters of praise to his kindergarten teacher, Bok was refusing to cover angles (e.g. on divestiture or the numbers of women and minority students at Harvard) with students, face-to-face. Joe Kahn sees polish and refinement. I see a tenure of increasingly conservative backlash, including 1. a policy of exclusion. Of Skocpol from sociology (and perhaps political purging at the Law School), of women and minorities (of whom one report to the president suggested less of--they would be "happier" at "lesser institutions"), of medical workers from unions, of faculuty members from...