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Dates: during 1980-1980
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With Mae West, coquettish dissemblance was out; womanly seductiveness was in. Her wisdom to us was that sex is both fun and funny. Her gift to us was the goodness of honesty...
Already we are being told about the "style" of the new First Family. Hugh Sidey informs us that "class" will return to the White House [Dec. 11. Spare us from four years of bombardment concerning the "elegance" of Nancy Reagan. Most of us cannot identify with...
...leading hardliner, accurately enough: "It's the kind of Cabinet Jerry Ford or George Bush would have assembled. I'm sick to my stomach. Reagan gave all the winks and signals that he was going to be a true conservative, and he turns his back on us...
...about Regan among career officials at Treasury. As Merrill Lynch's chairman, he rarely expressed thoughts about economic policies beyond stating their impact on the securities industry. For instance, in a speech last month to the senior staff of the New York Stock Exchange, he declared, "Most of us feel that we are moving into the most encouraging environment for a free-enterprise economy in a generation or more. It should spur investment and productivity and growth, all of which should be reflected in vigorous stock markets." Says a private economist in Washington: "None of us has any notion...
...Springsteen could probably have let Lennon's death pass unremarked, and few in the audience at his Philadelphia concert last Tuesday would have been troubled. But instead of ripping right into the first song, Springsteen simply said, "If it wasn't for John Lennon, a lot of us would be some place much different tonight. It's a hard world that asks you to live with a lot of things that are unlivable. And it's hard to come out here and play tonight, but there's nothing else...