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This sort of thing is the closest we get to an insiders anecdote, this or something about how much Betty enjoyed choosing the drapes for the East Room. Ford includes none of the inside dope that makes The Best and the Brightest enjoyable reading, nothing about the machinations and power struggles inside the government, or even Betty's boozing, or Jack's affair with Bianca Jagger. The whole book could've been written out of the New York Times. And no real insights into Ford himself, Ford the Man, except for the refrain "I was damn mad" and stories like...
...thing to remember about State Rep. Melvin H. King, who is running third in the polls, is that he is black. He is also bald, has a beard and answers the phones in his campaign headquarters. He will also never be mayor of Boston. Sad to say, of course, because King's politics are refreshingly progressive. If elected, he says he would turn public housing projects into tenant cooperatives, attract more federal funds to the city and fire the guys who run what he labels the implicitly racist Police Department. As one might assume, King is expected to cut fairly...
...gloomy job picture may continue for 20 to 25 years, and it has had some negative effects on morale among students, Kraus said. "It's a very human thing to think failure to find a job won't happen to you. But seeing it happen to others makes you wonder," he added...
...American people." Starbuck is dazzled by the purity of her motive but convinced that her act will make not one whit of difference to the way people live: "The economy is a thoughtless weather system - and nothing more. Some joke on the people, to give them such a thing...
...gain a thing when you give a student a "D" or "E" in Expos," Marius said. The two-hour test is made up of twelve questions "ranging from the serious to the frivolous," he added...