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...throw any intellectual weight around. (In fact, Hart sometimes writes so poorly--a modern building on the traditional Dartmouth campus "makes about as much sense as acne on Princess Grace"--one wonders if he has any intellectual weight.) Instead, the real point is to raise a toast to the triumph of conservation in the country, particularly among smart young people who know how to have a good time. At various points in the book Hart comes to the defense of, "women who [wear] bras, skirts and lipstick" in contrast to the smelly let-it-all-hang-out liberals chanting...
...chutzpah." That, apparently, was enough. "An architect stood to toast the venture," recalls Powell, 40, a veteran management executive. "But another said, 'Sit down, we've got too much work to do.' " Last month Swid and Powell showed buyers their new pieces, including four porcelain patterns and, to satisfy customers who want complete place settings, solid black and white plates, cups and saucers to harmonize with the designs. Store buyers are pushing them to add items like sheets and towels. But the women make it clear that they will go only so far in pursuing the vogue...
...story of Jake Rubin (played with starched-collar sobriety by Peter Riegert) is straight out of a grade-B musical bio. Jake goes to work as a waiter but is soon writing songs for a gruff but good-hearted music publisher (Stubby Kaye). Eventually he is the toast of Broadway, rubbing shoulders with Flo Ziegfeld and wooing a nightclub singer (Ann Jillian) whom he marries and makes a star. "When I first saw the Statue of Liberty," he tells her, "I thought it was the most beautiful sight I'd ever seen. But I hadn't seen...
...food prices have forced them to cut back on other purchases to make ends meet. Says Jeff, 33: "We can't seem to keep food expenses as low as $60 or $70 a week, and that is without unnecessary sweets and with a lot of chopped beef on toast. We don't go out to eat very often any more, and we don't go to movies much. We budget more than ever...
...shocked and surprised," said Federal Prosecutor Robert Perry. Certainly the Government had seemed to have a firm case going into the trial. De Lorean had been arrested in a hotel near the Los Angeles airport only minutes after gleefully poking a suitcase full of cocaine and proposing a toast to the success of the deal. "It's better than gold," he had gloated in a scene taped by Government agents that was replayed repeatedly in court and on nationwide television. It seemed to support the Government's contention that De Lorean was a willing participant in the drug...