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With his bushy eyebrows, courtly manners and singsong Texas drawl, Jim Wright comes across as a curious mix: part kindly uncle, part snake-oil salesman. It was the second ingredient that gave some Democrats pause about the new House Speaker's delivering the party's response to Ronald Reagan's State of the Union address. But Wright was eager for his moment in the limelight, and the result was a pleasant surprise for most of his colleagues. In many ways, the speech by the 17-term House veteran proved more effective than the slickly produced Democratic responses of past years...
...heard Harvard had tunnels," Kashani says. "I was curious. I thought with the weather being cold, they would be useful." When Kashani found a key to the basement door of Wiggleworth E entry, he discovered that he and his friends could check out the tunnels for themselves...
...Marilyn is one Hollywood Venus whose memory--and marketability--is eternal. While no one has gone so far as to disinter Monroe's body, the media, the fans, the flesh mongers and the merely curious will not let her rest in peace. When the new Madonna pumped her muscles and pumped some life into the old Marilyn image, both Vanity Fair and Life gave it cover story coverage. In Paris, where Americanisms are snubbed and snuggled at once, there is an entire store devoted to Marilynobilia. Noting the phenomenon, Time Magazine voted Marilyn the Liveliest Spirit...
When one of Reagan's top aides was asked whether he thought the President was fully engaged in his work, he replied reassuringly and offered a bit of curious proof. A secretary, he recounted, had written a get-well poem ("Your excellent condition is a model for us all/ For it is strength and wisdom that has our nation standing tall") and sent it to Reagan. He sent back a hand- written note illustrated with a self portrait. "It shows he's up there ((in his living quarters)) doing things," the adviser claimed. "It shows that he's extremely responsive...
...been astonishing. At White House meetings, he stays mostly silent. One man who has attended hundreds of small sessions with Bush says he has no idea what the Vice President really thinks. When the aides who prepare him for his weekly one-on-one luncheon with the President grow curious about the fate of their ideas and ask about Reagan's reactions, the Vice President clams up. He is determined that no one discern differences between himself and the President...