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...very sharp-eyed, a search for Mayor Marion Barry is a fun activity, but you are unlikely to find him unless you frequent some of the seedier hotels of the city...
...some lawyers. "Right now Oliver North is not viewed as a graymailer; he is viewed as a patriot," says former Watergate assistant prosecutor Richard Ben-Veniste. That outlook could change, Ben-Veniste suggests, as the focus of the case shifts from the unauthorized conduct of foreign policy to the seedier allegations of shredding documents, lying to Congress and diverting money for North...
...rapid growth of legitimate Mexican health services has helped change the image of many border towns once better known for services of a seedier sort. Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, for example, came of age serving liquor to thirsty gringos during Prohibition. More recently, they have catered to amorous misadventures of Americans, offering prostitution, easy abortions and quick divorces. "Standards are a lot higher than they were ten years ago," says Ana Maria Ley Estrella, president of the Tijuana Dental Association...
...EXTENSIVE coverage by the Harvard student press of Meir Kahane's recent fulminations draws attention to one of the seedier sides of contemporary journalism: the manipulation of the press by media experts skilled in manufacturing "newsworthiness." This episode with Kahane has also raised an important question: How should journalists respond to attempts by demagogues to gain publicity...
Actually, Reeves' novel is only in part about the endless trials and travesties of university life. Much of the action transpires on the seedier side of Boston--the Combat Zone and the weathered racetrack at Suffolk Downs. Weaving together these widely disparate worlds, as well as that of a cult center in the hills of New Hampshire, Reeves has created an exciting first novel which is both adventure tale and mystery...