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...even Buscetta's family was immune from the bloodletting. One day, gunmen burst into Buscetta's Palermo pizzeria and shot and killed his son-in-law. A day later, armed men cut down three of his lieutenants. Before long, Buscetta's brother and nephew were dead and Buscetta's two sons had disappeared. They are presumed dead...
...Senate in 1980, after nearly three decades in opposition, the Republicans discovered some of the burdens of governing. No longer could they snipe from the sidelines; they had to learn to make compromises and lubricate the legislative wheels. The experience has been sobering. Majority Leader Baker, the son-in-law and political heir of Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen of Illinois, warned at the outset that supply-side economics would be a "riverboat gamble"; now he worries about how to cut the resulting federal deficits ($195 billion last year). State Governors, of course, have long since struggled to balance budgets...
...Craftsman power tools as a farewell gift when he left the White House. Said Carter: "The Sears people came down here and told me how to set up and adjust all the equipment." In May, in Rochester, Treasury Secretary Donald Regan was in a Sears store with his son-in-law when a salesman came up to him and tried to interest him in Sears financial planning...
Most of the anecdotes are quite interesting even fascinating and there is hardly a person more qualified than Daniel to write such a book. Through both his personal life (especially as Truman's son-in-law) and his professional he covered events ranging from World War II to Watergate he has met more dignitaries than most people care even to hear about. He capitalizes on this background, going out to his way to avoid writing the type of book you would expect from the former managing editor of the Times. He writes not of the inner-workings of the great...
...Griffith Winthrop Sr. Cornell '32, lives in Connecticut and ventured to Red Top yesterday to cheer for Harvard, his daughter's son's and son-in-law's alma-mater. He predicted victory for the Crimson. "It's Harvard's year they've got the depth, they should win," Winthrop said. But when the varsity race got pushed back seven hours, the ex-oarsman abandoned ship...