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...telephone lines these days are those between phone-company executives putting together mergers. Last week the circuits were jammed, as giant GTE announced plans to acquire Atlanta-based Contel for $6 billion and form the nation's largest provider of local service and second-largest cellular-phone company. A shadow was cast over the agreement, however, when the Securities and Exchange Commission filed suit, charging that insiders had bought Contel stock before the accord was announced...
...police detective with a seedy apartment, a 5 o'clock shadow and, against his better judgment, a yen for the blond. It's the old story: boy meets girl. Boy suspects girl. Boy borrows girl's car and is almost killed when the brakes mysteriously fail...
JESSE JACKSON He's seeking the no-substance job of D.C. shadow senator, but still eyes the top. Noting his early poll lead, he complains, "That's why you don't have any discussions about the polls...
People in their 20s want to give something back to society, but they don't know how to begin. The really important problems, ranging from the national debt to homelessness, are too large and complex to comprehend. And always the great, intimidating shadow of 1960s-style activism hovers in the background. Twentysomething youths suspect that today's attempts at political and social action pale in comparison with the excitement of draft dodging or freedom riding...
Jesse Jackson announced last week that he would seek election as a District of Columbia "Shadow Senator," a nonjob created by the D.C. Council as a way to lobby for statehood. No real surprise there. But the eye opener is that Jackson made his bid after several private meetings with Ron Brown, chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Brown, a close ally during Jackson's 1988 presidential bid, won his leadership post by promising that his ties with Jesse were a thing of the past. Yet a Jackson spokesman says Brown agreed "to mobilize the party" to help Jackson...