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CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD by Mark Medoff
...tour of duty in the Navy, the 26-year-old former Heisman trophy winner joined the Dallas Cowboys. He gained a reputation for dependability, relying on his favorite receivers such as Drew Pearson and Cliff Harris to catch the famous long bombs. When other quarterbacks would have panicked, when lesser quarterbacks would have pitched the ball away, Rodger buried his head and weaved his way through the defensive line...
...committee proposed a long list of specific cuts. Among them: $1.7 billion in revenue-sharing money for states, $1 billion in antirecession aid to cities, $1.4 billion to be whacked from defense spending. Lesser but significant reductions would be made in a wide variety of highway, youth employment and health programs and in payments to federal retirees. In a show of self-sacrifice, the committee even suggested delaying cost of living pay increases for Congressmen. In addition, Giaimo proposed $3.5 billion in new taxes, to be chosen by the House Ways and Means Committee from a "laundry list" of possible...
...they are known in the trade. With a mangled metaphor or a burbling encomium, they can rearrange fortunes in the clothing business, and change the buying plans of well-dressed women. On hand in Milan last week were representatives of glossy magazines, large daily newspapers, trade papers and some lesser lights (one improbable accreditation: the North Jersey Suburbanite). For many, Milan was the start of a month-long fashion circus, with successive showings of fall and winter collections in London, Paris and, in late April, New York. In October the tour reconvenes for the unveiling of new spring and summer...
...initial exposition, and they are not much better at writing characters. The two teenagers' love interests (Armand Assante and Matt Dillon) are such bland hunks that the stars must play the romantic scenes in a near vacuum. Most of the campers are stereotypes out of Meatballs and even lesser kiddies' fictions...