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...find themselves--eight of the original 18--but also where they chose to look. There wasn't one "typical" Harvard time off job, not one Capital Hill job or journalism internship. Two, Mary and Fernando, went off separately to work in the Catholic workers movement, dishing out food in soup kitchens and doing other volunteer work. Two took jobs at schools, Kathy teaching "survival skills" at a school for blind children, and Rich teaching at a private school in Brookline. Tim went off to Africa to do Mennonite church work. At the other extreme, two Lionel residents, Shawn and Suzy...
...suddenly acquired a life of its own. Says New York City Mayor Ed Koch: "A woman on the ticket would bring more women, and not just women. It would attract young people, because of the idea of a breakthrough. Let me tell ya, it would be better than chicken soup...
...entertainment that she conceived-in classic show-business fashion, over lunch at the Russian Tea Room with Hamlisch and Lyricist Christopher Adler-has a spritz of autobiography, a soupçon of her movie roles, a dusting of philosophy and a big dollop of dancing. Virtually every word of dialogue MacLaine speaks is about herself, and that is just as she intends it: "Philosophically, celebrating myself is what I am into." Apart from her one-liners, there is one highly effective if overlong joke: she sings a Harold Arlen medley while the conductor and orchestra, supposedly influenced by the ghosts...
...floors of the soup kitchens--for lack of a better name--are warped. Cabbage, watery soup and a rancid tasting beer was served when I visited one place. There are no shades, light fixtures, or cushioned seats...
Thanks to his remarks about soup-kitchen cheats and the undocumented hungry, Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese has earned a reputation as a man who does not like to see people abusing the system. But Senator Howard Metzenbaum, an Ohio Democrat, tried to show last week that President Reagan's nominee to replace the resigning William French Smith as Attorney General may in fact be guilty of just that. As the Judiciary Committee wrapped up its confirmation hearings, troubling questions lingered about Meese's personal past insolvency and his role in getting Administration jobs for those who gave...