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Betty Ford has turned the presidential bedroom into a family den. "I took all the art off the walls-there's enough of that around-and put up family pictures. I brought in Jerry's old blue leather lounge chair and his tobacco things." After dinner the President works there with Betty keeping him company in the other lounge chair...
...annual LOSE fee of $5 each could be levied on all pets (except perhaps goldfish). All pet food could be subject to a LOSE sales fee of 5%. Annual LOSE fees could also be considered on: art holdings, books, magazines, newspapers, records, candy, greeting cards, caskets, cosmetics, jewelry, liquor, tobacco, air conditioners, and many other goods, services and diversions...
...befalls a boy and girl, suddenly homeless and penniless, in a terrifyingly real and at the same time satisfyingly imaginary industrial city in 19th century Britain. This smoke-filled place is appropriately called Blastburn. Among other chores for survival, the girl collects cigar butts from gutters to salvage the tobacco for resale, while the boy stays alive scrounging for junk in sewers. A happy ending eventually sets in but not before the forces of meanness and darkness, not to say evil, seem overwhelming, and the author proves once again that she writes about children in distress better than anyone since...
...sojourn in the woods. Though O.B. has no statistics on long-term responses, most campers return to the office with renewed energy and confidence. Many regale co-workers with euphoric descriptions of their adventure, apparently blanking out the blistered heels, bloody knees and aching legs. The strict prohibitions against tobacco, drugs and alcohol ruffle some. Griped one executive: "It would have been terrific, if only I had brought along my beer...
...Matthew Baigell. 278 pages. Abrams. $40. In a painting career that has already spanned more than 50 years, Thomas Hart Benton acts as a kind of troubadour of American painting. His work, well represented in this book, ranges over all regions and periods, from Hollywood sets to Southeastern tobacco farms, from battles between Indians and settlers to World War II. Throughout, in a distinctive style, dynamic, sinuous but often lumpishly awkward, he affectionately illustrates the rhythm, energy and drama of American life...