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...mighty example, those who want to cut the fat from social programs they feel have not worked well and those who want to search for lard in the military's billions. Carter's State of the Union address and his budget message would serve as the wick to ignite for the congressional session ahead all the contending political factions and the brawling special-interest groups...
...network hurts women further by excluding them from power. "When those smoke-filled rooms open," says New Jersey Republican Congresswoman Millicent Fen wick, "there's hardly ever a woman inside." As Susan and Martin Tolchin wrote in their book Clout?Womanpower and Politics, "The smoke-filled rooms, bour-bon-and-branch-water rites and all-night poker games exclude women from the fellowship and cronyism that seal the bonds of power." Says former New York Congresswoman Bella Abzug...
...Andrew Wyke (rhymes with "like," but in this production incorrectly pronounced "wick"), the mystery novelist who invites his wife's lover to his home for a battle of wits Sam Bloomfield has an acceptable British accent and a smooth, resonant voice. But his characterization is superficial--a lot of surface bluster with little going on underneath. He has no spontaneity; the words sound as though he has said them too many times before, and he takes no delight in his own verbal cleverness. It is not a bad performance, but Wyke is a tantalizing character--a child clinging stubbornly...
...Wick said last week his research has progressed very quickly...
...Wick added that further studies into the exact mechanism may explain why L-dopa is also successful in controlling Parkinson's Disease...