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...Government is likely to face its toughest fight yet in making any charges stick against Freeman, the Goldman, Sachs arbitrager. Proud of its starchy, spotless image, Goldman plans to help its employee fight the accusations, rather than persuade him to settle with the Government as other alleged insiders have done. The firm plans to provide Freeman with legal counsel and keep him on the job unless he is proved guilty. Confides a New York City securities lawyer familiar with the charges: "This is one case where the Government may have been a little too zealous." Kidder too aims to defend...
Suddenly the Crimson's spotless record and its aura of invincibility was in danger. The small but noisy Bruin crowd was on its feet. The tulips weren't smelling so good...
...Harvard has nonetheless opened its 1986-'87 campaign with a spotless 6-0 record against some less-than-stellar opponents. The Crimson, still riding its second-place showing at last season's NCAA tournament, is currently ranked third in the country in the latest WMEB/CHSB national poll...
When is a housewife a mad housewife? Perhaps when she tries so hard to be the perfect housewife. When she devotes virtually every moment to making her home a spotless museum of domestic art. When she scrubs a kitchen floor that already gleams like a Versailles mirror. When she obsessively dusts the TV set's rabbit ears and the leaves on her rubber-tree plant. When she spends hours preparing nouvelle cuisine dishes as meticulous as a Magritte. When she finds spiritual and even sexual fulfillment in her dogged servitude. When she renounces friends and hobbies to remain the model...
...already revolutionized the movie business with his Mickey Mouse short films and feature-length cartoons, conceived a new show-biz hybrid called the theme park. No rickety roller coasters, no sucker- fleecing games of chance, no sideshow tawdriness for Uncle Walt. At his place every path would be as spotless as Formica; every doorway would be scaled to just above kid-size; every "attraction" (not ride) would be sweet enough for "guests" (not customers) of all ages to enjoy, a little. By creating an outdoor family entertainment to complement his family films, Disney might even do something for the fissuring...