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...going down to defeat. That's what happened, critics say, in the 1985 fight over the bill to ban "cop killer" bullets and the 1988 battle over plastic guns. Moreover, many N.R.A. activists believe any attempt to regulate firearms is part of the "salami game": a slice-by-slice diminishing of their rights. Says N.R.A. past President Jim Reinke: "If we give in on the handgun waiting period and assault rifles, we'd lose half our membership, and six months later the antigunners will want our long guns...
...sizable outlay was probably Murphy's guaranteed piece of the box-office take, which was calculated as a percentage of the gross and may have exceeded $15 million. Hollywood's megastars demand a slice of the gross because they know that most films will never pay any earnings to holders of net-profit percentages, which Murphy has derided as "monkey points." Before Buchwald's case is over, Hollywood neophytes may get a first-class education in how the power players operate...
...advent of a Rocky Mountain frost provides the perfect impetus for McGuane's own literary labors. In fact, McGuane is already itching to start a new novel, which he says will cover a "larger piece of territory, a larger slice of humanity and include some topics I've never written about before, like politics...
...Breakfast. I eat a slice of whole grain toast, unbuttered. And a glass of orange juice. And a banana. On the way to get the banana. I notice how good the doughnuts look. But then I remember I am on a diet. I take a muffin instead...
...Weld represents a slice of Cambridge life," says Sen. Michael J. Barrett '70 (D-Cambridge). However, Barrett adds, "The city of Cambridge is going to get to know him very well...