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From the beginning of their partnership, Mariotta and Neuberger were proud that they made a good product for a good price. But they felt that procurement officials in the Defense Department sneered at the company and did not give it a fair shake. Their plan of attack, according to investigators, was to shower money on virtually everyone they thought could help the company win contracts. Not all these efforts were illegal, but they illustrate how Wedtech spent its way to success...
...half-hour approaches, the members of the cast arrive and start to shake off the bus blahs. It is only another show. It is only Peoria. An actor, pretending to be blase, puts on a whiny voice and sings, "It's time to be theatrical again/ It's time to pull out all the stops again." Still, there is an audience out there, and the cast can never get enough laughter and applause. As she rushes offstage in the first act, Kaye remarks, "It's a very user-unfriendly house." Gorshin, who is perennially down, declares, "It's just...
...unlikely to change the views of his readers. Those who share his assumptions will be reassured by his brief; those who do not will be outraged by it. His book is most compelling when he leaves politics behind to examine the Caribbean-flavored Atlantic coast. There, old black women shake their hips to reggae rhythms, and a dreadlocked poet reflects, during an incessant downpour, "In the old days, if Somoza told the rain to stop, it stopped. I don't know what's wrong with these Sandinistas." At such moments, The Jaguar Smile enjoys some of the charm...
...former Interior Secretary James Watt. Falwell also called an emergency meeting of the board for this week. His administrative assistant, Mark DeMoss, indicated that Falwell is not empire building and that his organization in Lynchburg, Va., and PTL will have "separate boards, separate management, separate everything." In the shake-up, Richard Dortch, formerly Bakker's top executive, becomes PTL president...
...bent on undertaking the most heinous practical joke ever. Combing the world's fraternity alumni lists and fast-food restaurants for the most unpleasant people in existence, the elevator companies hire these monoliths to populate the elevators of American cities. Bonuses are awarded for employees who are able to shake their bodies and shout things like, "OH NO! IT'S SNAPPED! WE'RE GONNA FALL! AHHHHH...