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...time when the capital is savagely partisan and gleefully destructive, a perambulating target as juicy as Meese just may not survive. Nor should he. He would do well to leave for his own best interests. "Part of the responsibility of a political man," says the political sage Richard Scammon, "is to take his lumps, whether he deserves them or not. He may be pure as the driven snow and his enemies totally unfair. But who ever said that fairness was a part of this game...
...editor, good friend and sage Jonathan Putnam pulled me aside, though, and showed me something he had written in his final article about the '84-'85 team...
...sales were about the same as usual at Store 24, Sage's and Christie's, according to employees at those stores...
...Store 24, 1438 Mass. Ave., all three-packs sell for $1.99 except LifeStyles Extra Strength, which costs $2.49. Sage's, across the street from Quincy House, sells LifeStyles condoms in 12-packs that range in price from...
Ultimately, Lessing sides with the Lovatts' all-suffering parents. It is hard to resist identifying Lessing with Dorothy, Harriet's mother. Dorothy, the kind, sage, grey-haired granny is forced to rescue her daughter from the implications of her fertility. Dorothy "knew the cost, in every way, of a family, even a small one." She dispenses advice just as Lessing provides us with a cautionary tale, a morality play. Lessing observes the irresponsibilty of her society and echoes the sentiment Dorothy has about her daughter. She says, "Sometimes you scare...