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...around in helicopter jams. "All of the talk about smog and heat and traffic scared a lot of people away," said Charles O'Connell, the Olympic traffic-operations chief in Los Angeles. "There was a feeling of 'let's not come to L.A. this year.' " So traffic is also thinner at movies, restaurants and Disneyland's Space Mountain, as the out-of-towners have not kept pace with the let's-get-out-of-towners, rendering hotels uncrowded and compelling rent-a-car companies, among other profiteers, to restore normal rates. Since fully 70% of those attending the Games...
While Wazzan's Cabinet had ten members, Karami will select at least 26 ministers in order to accommodate all interests. "The cake will be cut a bit thinner but a bit more equitably this time," summed up a Muslim politician. Two of Gemayel's strongest opponents, Druze Chieftain Walid Jumblatt and Shi'ite Leader Nabih Berri, are expected to get important positions, along with the principal Maronite leaders, Pierre Gemaye and Robert Franjieh. Camille Chamoun, the obdurate head of the Christian Lebanese Front, has said he will not serve under Karami, but even he seemed...
Even more motivation comes when a thinner package from one admissions office makes the choice of schools for an athlete. One such Eli made the All-Ivy team three straight years. "He always played his best game against us," McLaughlin recalls. "He later told me he used to read his rejection letter from Harvard before he played us each time...
...Richer and Thinner in Your Mid-Life Crisis by Jane Fonda and Garfield the Cat. Frankly commercial yet endearing and useful guide by America's bestselling authors. "A treat"-Kirkus Reviews...
Phil Donahue, the nationally popular talk-show host, came to the law school last night and told a crowd of more than 500, "Boy, you all look a lot thinner in person...