Word: ralph
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When it comes to service and style, the mass (as opposed to class) hotels barely provide what Ralph Waldo Emerson thought was the minimum for a worthy inn: ". . . a little fire, a little food, and an immense quiet." Many of the small hotels, on the other hand, feature decors that may include a Velasquez in the lobby (San Diego's Westgate) or enough brass to occupy a full-time polisher (Washington's Fairfax), plus fine restaurants, valets who will return a pressed suit in 30 minutes and arrangements with local tradesmen to provide books and other items...
...already appealed for a $27 billion reduction, including faster depreciation and a two-point drop in corporate taxes. Such measures, said the chamber's chief economist, Richard Rahn, "should greatly increase the supply of savings, and that is a very positive program." By contrast, Robert McIntyre of Ralph Nader's Tax Reform Research Group is wary of faster depreciation and wants payroll taxes cut. Says he: "We think it would be a relatively progressive tax cut. It would go to working people mostly, though it would go to business...
Which really is a pity, because the young actors who compose the cast exude talent. Barry Miller plays Ralph Garcey (ne Raoul Garcia), a Freddy Prinze worshipper, with precocious elan, displaying a range of emotions unusual at such a tender age. And Gene Anthony Ray, as dazzling dancer Leroy Johnson, shows an uncharacteristic ease with his role. But none of the characters is capable of shattering the wall of self-centeredness the script erects around each of them. As the mundane screenplay often says, they "can't relate...
...three-part series looks into every field. One of the photographic teams visits another scientist, Dr. Ralph Nelson of the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, who is trying to learn the secrets of hibernation in bears. Unlike humans, who simply waste away when they go without food for long periods, hibernating bears exist for months on only excess...
...Grandstand show. Scheduled throughout the day are reports on such topics as health and nutrition, law, fashion, pet care, astrology, gardening and home repairs. Turner has also signed up a roster of big-name commentators, including Senator Barry Goldwater, ex-Congresswoman Bella Abzug, Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader, former Treasury Secretary William Simon, Political Columnists Richard Reeves, Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, Psychologist Joyce Brothers and ERA Opponent Phyllis Schlafly...