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PETYA and I were walking near St. Isaac's Cathedral, through the dark, the drizzle and the streaked neon glare of Leningrad, discussing my girlfriend. We were interrupted by a policeman. My down jacket had betrayed me--I was a foreigner, an alien. Petya was implicated for associating with me, and all three of us knew it. Petya, a Russian, had left his papers at home. The policeman's eyes narrowed when he heard it. He searched Petya's pockets and found a Finnish coin about the size of a dime, but not quite as valuable. It surprised me that...
Finally, the OMB director struggles into his jacket and overcoat and starts down the corridor. "We've got just two more weeks," he says over his shoulder. The deadline he is referring to is Feb. 18, when Ronald Reagan plans to announce the details of his fiscal program, including radical surgery on the federal budget...
...joke is funny an allusion to a certain social subset extant on the Harvard campus, known for their continental accents, upraised and narrow jacket collars, predilection for Neosynepherine-substitute, and tendency to gather at a seedy late-night luncheonette near Adams House. And the joke--and especially the reaction to it--reveals several truths about the Kroks and their appeal...
...turns up in the vestibule of the Oval Office. "We're on any minute now," is the latest word. And indeed, Allen soon makes his joking exit, the large door is reopened, and the tall, dark-haired man can be seen standing next to his desk. He buttons his jacket as the unfamiliar visitor makes his entrance...
...last time anyone measured ("My doctor says I'm going to be 6 ft."); she doesn't wear heels much, and she wobbled a bit as she wandered around in a yellow strapless with a puff-sleeved jacket, waiting to be hung with jewelry. Wondrous astral bodies circulated about her; the ineffable Apollonia had got hold of some champagne, and showed up for work wearing red tights, a black tank top, a rough-trade belt, and Sony headphones over her ponytail. Iman, the gazelle-like Somalian, in silver pants and a noisy yellow top, joined her and they...