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...success but do not dilute his often self-mocking sense of humor. One recent inspiration was to reverse the usual order of dressing and put underwear on over the trousers. The look may not catch on at Paine Webber, but Bikkembergs is hardly the first young upstart to show off his talent by flouting convention...
...Department disclosed that President Reagan has approved U.S. participation in a controversial human-rights conference to be held in Moscow in 1991. The White House had long resisted taking part in the 35-nation forum because of suspicions that the Soviets would turn it into a high-profile propaganda show designed to embarrass the U.S. on a number of issues, including its policies in Central America. Secretary of State George Shultz urged both Reagan and President-elect Bush to accept the invitation, arguing that under Mikhail Gorbachev the Soviets are steadily improving their human-rights record by releasing political prisoners...
Sometimes Trump shows an absolute genius for combining profits with publicity and doing good deeds in the process. Consider the Wollman ice- skating rink in Central Park, which city authorities had closed down in 1980 for a $9 million refurbishing. Somehow they managed to spend $12 million on preliminary maneuvering without anything whatever to show for it. Looking down at the mess from his skyscraper windows, Trump was displeased. Offering to do the job himself on the original budget within three months, he completed it for $750,000 less -- and now operates the rink at an annual profit...
...check, every receipt. I'm not tough, but I'm strong. You can't be a pussycat." This was, in a way, a necessity. "If Donald was married to a lady who didn't work and make certain contributions," Ivana says, "he would be gone." And as an afterthought: "Show me success without...
EACH of these incidents alone is forgivable, perhaps even explainable, but taken together they show a disgraceful record and a mayor who is a national embarrassment. Perhaps Barry will avoid indictment again and claim complete vindication. But even the remote possibility that all the incidents have been blown out of proportion by the media does not excuse his laziness, his indifference to propriety and his poor political appointments...