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...fails because he has done no real reporting. For long stretches of the book, he quotes verbatim or closely paraphrases dishwater-dull documents, never showing that he has done the legwork that would enable him to offer some insight into his topic. As a result, Vigeland has had to pad this book with such things as lists of headlines from The Crimson's front page, titles of memos, lots of names, and idiotic descriptions of office buildings--for example, "The carpet is light blue, and there are large windows in all the outer offices, with more glass on the interior...
Political observers suggest that an impressive re-election might provide Cuomo with his best possible presidential launching pad. Victory in November is considered a sure thing. His approval rating in New York hovers around 70%, and he has already raised a campaign war chest of some $10 million. His probable opponent, Westchester County Executive Andrew O'Rourke, is a relative unknown...
Quickly, the new deputy proved himself the fastest ball-point pen around; his pad spit tickets like bullets. "I was the only guy writing tickets," he remembers. "When I'd see somebody fighting, I'd arrest them. It looked to me like there was this look-the-other-way deal going on. The officers would spend a couple of hours in the coffee shops, then a couple of hours with friends, then back to the coffee shops. This place was wide open...
...sleek three-stage Delta roared off its pad at 6:18 p.m. Saturday after a trouble-free countdown. Its main liquid-fuel engine and solid-fuel boosters all fired as planned. Delta soared into the clear Florida sky. Then, 71 seconds into its flight, monitoring technicians experienced a chilling case of deja vu. Their instruments showed that the main engine had shut down before it was programmed to do so, causing Delta to lose its flight stability. Veering out of control, the rocket began to break up. At 91 seconds, range safety officials destroyed it by remote control...
Rowning doubled home Baldauf in the bottom of the third to put the Crimson back on top, though, and Baldauf scored yet again in the fifth to pad the lead...