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With his full head of silver hair, his impeccably tailored pinstripe suits and his still trim figure, he certainly looked the part of the quintessential elder statesman. But he is no mere ornament in this, the seventh of the Administrations he has served. "I've advised every President since Roosevelt," said Nitze last week. "And all, to some extent, have sought and taken that advice." That pointedly includes Ronald Reagan. As special adviser to the President and Secretary of State for Arms Control, Nitze played a key, sometimes controversial part in crafting last week's treaty on intermediate- range nuclear...
...expanded, allotting himself an office, a studio with a piano and an exercise room, where he cycles 40 minutes a day while watching old movies to avert a repetition of the mild heart attack that stunned him in 1979. Once a little pudgy, his short frame is now trim. But he does not dress to show it off: his clothing, like his manner, is no- nonsense informal and definitely not extravagant. Jewish by birth but not religious, Sondheim became no more so through his brush with death. Of the idea of an afterlife, he says, "I never think about...
Soon they may have to make do with less income as well, because October's stock-market crash has given a new sense of urgency to congressional efforts to trim the federal budget. The fiscal 1988 budget calls for farm subsidies of $21 billion, down 6% from this year's, and the tentative deficit-cutting agreement reached two weeks ago by congressional and Administration leaders aims to chop out another $900 million. For many farmers, those federal payments can mean the difference between survival and failure. Montana farmers, for example, last year earned $303 million in net income but received...
Whatever the results, editors and network-news producers can hardly trim their political coverage to the public's comfort level. If the press has greater influence on election campaigns, one reason is that political parties have less clout. When smoke from cigars rather than joints polluted the political ethos, party bosses tended to vet candidates at an early stage. Executive Editor Max Frankel of the New York Times argued at a Barnard College seminar that "there is an overwhelming interest in who these characters are who are nominating themselves and coming at us so fast. The press and television...
Looking for a way to trim a few pounds? How about the Laundromat? At a new establishment in Vista, Calif., called Clean & Lean, you can get your clothes and your body into shape. The Laundromat-fitness center features exercise bikes, jogging mats and twelve different weight machines along with its washers and dryers. The exercise circuit takes 25 minutes, just enough time to get through the spin cycle. At 75 cents a wash and $3.50 a workout, Owner Greg Trabert insists, business is "fantastic." And no wonder: customers have to come back soon to wash their exercise togs...