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...result, Brunei remains a quaint throwback to the days of the British...
...make of G. (for George) William Miller? As chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, Miller, 53, is the most powerful of all central bankers?but he is far outside the mold. He delights in reminiscing about his boyhood in the oil boomtown of Borger, Texas, a throwback to the wild West of unpaved streets and gun fights. Miller vividly remembers the day that the town's founder, Ace Borger, was shot dead in the post office. He cheerfully relates that his last exposure to classroom economics was a basic course at the Coast Guard Academy 33 years...
...telling the government, 'Screw you!' " Jarvis, 75, the man behind Proposition 13, calls himself "a rugged bastard who's had his head kicked in a thousand times by the government." In a state known for its smooth-talking, image-conscious politicians, he is a gruff, rumpled throwback to Mencken's soap box demagogues. The face is bulldoggish, the figure dumpy, the voice a throaty croak. There are no silken buzz words in Jarvis' earthy speeches. In his repertory of epithets, Republicans are "the stupidest people in the world except for businessmen, who have a genius...
...strange, powerful playing. In two further sets of taping sessions, underwritten by the Ford Foundation, Nyiregyházi played Liszt and other romantics; record release is now being negotiated. Meanwhile, NBC will be featuring Nyiregyházi on its June 3 Weekend show. He emerges as an inspired throwback to a more heroic past. Says Nyiregyházi: "Pianists today are so lacking in expressiveness that I don't feel very much when I hear them play...
...popularity polls, though, "Italian Restaurant" cannot match "Just the Way You Are," a sentimental throwback to his earlier "You're My Home." Each time Joel performs the current hit single on stage, he quiets the screams of even the Long Island fanatics who support their hometown hero. In silence, his listeners delight to lyrics such...