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...later, White slipped into a normally locked side door to the mayor's second-floor suite of offices. This entry let him avoid the busy outer reception room. White asked Moscone's secretary, Cyr Copertini, if he could see her boss. Moscone's press aide, Mel Wax, passed by, saw White and sent word that Horanzy and his family should wait in an outer office to avoid a collision with the disappointed former supervisor. Wax figured that White was making a last-minute plea to get his job back. Said Wax: "I didn't talk...
...usually did with visitors. He laughed and said, "No, I'll see him alone." The mayor then led White through his formal office and into a cozier rear sitting room. "When he wants a heart-to-heart with somebody, the back office is a more informal setting," Wax later explained. "He liked to sit on the couch...
...brutal civil war drags on in Rhodesia, lavish farms and country homes can be snapped up for a fraction of their real value. But while the price of these relics of colonial times has plummeted, Rhodesia has experienced a modest boom in memorabilia, as whites wax nostalgic over their country's past. Coins and stamps commemorating Rhodesia's 1965 unilateral declaration of independence from Britain have skyrocketed in value. A set of three coins minted on the first anniversary of independence, originally worth $17, is now selling for $1,400 in Rhodesia. A one-shilling, threepence stamp bearing...
...just forget about electing representatives of the people and leave the whole bundle of wax to the umpteen thousand lobbyists who seem to be directing the traffic as it is? We could save ourselves the cost of some 500 Congressmen and their staffs and make a start at reducing the national debt...
...book was The Dark Arena, published in 1955. Despite its warm critical reception, Puzo remained obscure. Recalls his old friend, Novelist George Mandel (The Wax Boom): "My vision of Mario then? He used to go to his brother's in a taxi to borrow money for his kids' shoes. My vision of Mario still is him leaving a building, putting a cigar in his mouth with one hand and holding up his other for a cab. Same vision, rich or poor...