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...novelist. He is described as Columnist Jack Anderson's "top aide," which means he is one of the capital's powerful information brokers. He is also a shrewd and entertaining writer who, in The Alchemist, takes a break from the moral-sometimes bluntly alchemical-rigors of changing mud into political pay dirt...
...mud-caked Ford van slid to a stop in front of a crumbling brick apartment house on Chicago's 18th Street. Eight young men darted out of the van and into the building, and were barely inside when cries of "?La migra! ?La migra!" echoed down the hallway. The warning that immigration agents might be near by sent the eight scurrying into an attic hideaway. After an edgy two hours, the men found out the cry had been a false alarm and they breathed a bit easier...
Historic Trinity Church, now dwarfed by the highest building in New England, has received extensive damages due to the flow of mud beneath its wooden foundations. The Hancock Company has agreed to pay for repairs...
...year, the Plunketts face a struggle even to reach their fading dream house. Since their lawyer did not bother to nail down the developer's responsibility for maintaining the ten-mile access road, he did not assume any. It remains unpaved, covered by snow in winter, by mud in spring...
...stays fit by doing daily exercises in his palace, an old, rambling affair, parts of which are still mud-walled. The Alafin is confident of his relationship with his people: "There are many things we obas [kings] can do better for the people than government functionaries. We are here all the time and know the problems, while they are constantly being shifted around the country...