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...Madre) in Mexico and former Gestapo Official Klaus Barbie in Bolivia. But he is far from a star in Hamburg, West Germany's de facto journalistic capital. Says one fellow reporter: "He is a perfectly ordinary reporter, perhaps a little gullible but otherwise bland." Heidemann has one colorful trait: a passion for Nazi memorabilia. He sold his house in Hamburg a decade ago to buy a yacht that formerly belonged to Luftwaffe Chief Hermann Göring, then used it for entertaining aging former Nazi officials. Several years ago Heidemann bought letters purportedly exchanged between Mussolini and Churchill...
...inspires so little romance, Tom Watson has a predilection for the romantic, a trait once associated with golf. "It's a slow game," says the finest golfer in the world, "and it's difficult to get the full meaning of it without taking time. You play along a while against the course, until, eventually, it comes down to the last nine holes, and you go after the other guy, usually just one other guy." Watson almost wishes there were no television then. "Isn't the book always better than the movie?" he wonders. "It's always...
...guardians"--superhumans who guide the others in their choices--add fabulously ludicrous life to the proceedings with each appearance. The third is more imposing: Patrick Bradford fills the role with commanding presence but delivers many of his lines too quickly, a fatal flaw in a character whose main trait is calm control...
Though The Voice of the Poor is lacking in fresh answers of even intriguing questions. It does provide the one trait which always makes Galbraith a pleasure to read eloquence. Were he merely clear and concise he would certainly be superior to the vast majority of his economic colleagues. But his essays ingeniously express even old themes in a bright tune few political analysts can approach Note for example, his description of the dangers from the arms race...
...eight days after meeting him at a local swap meet. She said he told her that he had $49 million in savings and owned the Queen Mary ocean liner docked in Long Beach, Calif. "He looked right into my face and eyes," she recalled. "I liked that honest trait." He promptly persuaded his bride to sell her house, and they set off for the California coast in separate cars, with Vigliotto driving a van loaded with $36,000 worth of her cash and valuables. By the time she reached a San Diego hotel, she was alone except...