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...pervasiveness of graymail is shown by a secrecy and disclosure subcommittee report last year that pointed out at least 30 cases that were never prosecuted to avoid further disclosure at a public trial. "People who are somehow connected with intelligence information have something like a license not only to kill, but to lie, steal, cheat and spy," testified former Deputy Solicitor General Philip Lacovara. "There is not very much that can be done about...
...armed bandit to Las Vegas. They come for some of the world's most spectacular scenery and a variety of activities unmatched by any comparable area on earth. They come to sun, snorkel, scuba, skinny-dip, surf, sail and swim at 33 miles of superb public beaches; to cruise the crystalline waters on glass-bottomed boat, catamaran, windjammer or outrigger canoe; to golf, play tennis, deep-sea fish and surfcast; to flight see by helicopter; to beach-walk, backpack, camp, climb, ride horseback, bicycle, nature-walk, birdwatch, whale-gaze, explore, eat, drink, shop and be entertained...
...will be remembered best as one of the great jailhouse lawyers. As a prisoner, with the right to petition any public official, Bukovsky clogged the arteries of bureaucracy with paper. His advice on how to tackle the system has universal application: "If you want your complaint to be examined by a high official, complain about his immediate subordinate ... And, most importantly of all, you should write enormous numbers of complaints and send them to the officials least equipped to deal with them." One objective of these tactics was to cause unsightly bulges in the official statistics, "the most powerful factor...
Anybody who can flip a TV dial knows what the public wants. But the art of broadcasting, writes William Paley, "is to know what the public is seeking before the public even knows it is looking for something else." As a guide, that advice is about as useful as buy low, sell high. Yet, as the author demonstrates in this often charming memoir, he has been able to follow his own prescription for almost half a century...
Much of the Cajuns' singular culture lingers on today, despite the invasion of their backwater over the past 30 years by public roads and private oil entrepreneurs. Gumbo and jambalaya still simmer on Cajun stoves and are dished up at local crawfish festivals (Rushton includes recipes for the adventurous). Men like James Daisy still rise at 3 a.m. to dredge for oysters: "Out there's where I live," he says of the endless marshes...