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Undeterred by the minor literary scandal that ensued and obviously a sucker for a rattling good (if wildly improbable) yarn, writer-director Barry Levinson proceeded with his screen adaptation of the story. In doing what a filmmaker must do--strip a book to its narrative essence--he has perhaps resolved whatever controversy may still cling to Carcaterra's work. We now see clearly that the author's primary source wasn't life but movies...
...sponsors are also gatekeepers to Fidelity's expansion plans. Johnson is, in the words of an associate, "a sucker for a good idea," and Fidelity's hottest one is to leverage its massive technology infrastructure. Since Fidelity is already handling record keeping for pension plans, the reasoning goes, why not take on other corporate bureaucracies, notably benefits plans, payroll and human resources? In today's penny-pinching corporate environment, these areas are "non-value adding." In other words, they cost money, so why not bid the work...
Clewley agreed the explosion sounded threatening. "That sucker was loud," the guard said. "It must have been a M-100 or larger firecracker...
...election effort was booting up, Nixon aides John Ehrlichman, Charles Colson and H.R. Haldeman asked Buchanan to launch a secret "plumbers" squad to investigate the President's enemies. But Buchanan spurned the offer, saying it was better to duke it out face to face than deliver a sucker punch. "I have yet to be shown what benefit this would do for the President--or for the rest of us, other than a psychological salve," Buchanan wrote in a July 8, 1971, memo now in the National Archives. After leaving the White House, Pat returned to the typewriter, turning...
...Linda Smith bucked her leaders by pushing in vain for radical campaign-finance reform that would have banned pac money and out-of-state contributions. As she said, "You can't perform surgery in a dirty operating room and with a team that hasn't scrubbed." LOW POINTS THE SUCKER AWARD: Republican presidential hopefuls rushed to genuflect at the Dallas conclave summoned by Ross Perot. Six weeks later, Perot announced the formation of an independent party...