Word: thousanders
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...before winter recess, range from the slightly humorous--$240,000 for a study of the damage done to macademia nuts by rats--to the seriously expensive--$25 million for an unneeded new airport in Fort Worth near the home territory Speaker of the House Jim Wright. In the several-thousand pages of an omnibus appropriations bill, these expenditures can be shielded from constituents, and congressmen can hide their support for these perks by claiming that they voted for the whole package, not individual appropriations...
...tried to fool her," says Consulting Picture Editor Arnold Drapkin. "But she was probably the best friend of everybody out in the field." That was certainly true in the case of the photographer who tried to sneak an elephant past her. "I said, 'What the heck is this? A thousand dollars for an elephant?' " she recalls. "It turned out that the photographer needed an elephant to get into a funeral procession he was covering in India." Watt allowed the claim, though she probably offered advice about where to get a better deal next time...
...straight out of an antacid commercial. No candidate has much margin for error: one gaffe, one stumble, one strategic miscue could spell the difference between heartburn and heartthrob. With a tightly bunched field and estimates of turnout as low as 90,000 Democrats, the support of a few thousand caucus attendees may be all that separates the victor from also-ran status. The latest political tout sheets label Richard Gephardt as the freckle-faced favorite; he put on last week's most elaborately choreographed media event, importing 42 House colleagues to stand with him on the state capitol steps...
...kingdom of television, there are a thousand different styles, rituals, protocols. Every Sunday, for example, ABC-TV's David Brinkley welcomes a guest with not one, not two but three ceremonial expressions of welcome, a bouquet of courtesy that is positively Japanese: "Mr. Secretary, thank you for being here . . . Delighted you could come . . . a pleasure to have you . . ." One expects it, waits for it. ABC-TV's White House correspondent Sam Donaldson forever shouts at the President above the noise of the waiting helicopter, and the President forever turns and cups his hand quizzically. The ceremony almost never yields...
...contretemps featuring George Bush and CBS' s Dan Rather may help the Vice President bury his "wimp" image and strengthen his Iowa campaign. -- Rather' s high- strung and combative style make him television' s most controversial anchorman. -- In the kingdom of television, there are a thousand different styles, rituals, protocols. See NATION...