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...quote the expected snide remarks from with the press was quite brilliant), but over seven years researching and analy- The book is not an attempt to exonerate "those bastards" nor to chuckle at wise- at other times there is vigorous dis- zing the following: 150 on-the-record President Nixon, John Mitchell, or any-cracks from the past, journeying all the sent...
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...That means that 98.4 percent of the Marielitos were quite decent people who will make a substantial contribution to the United States...
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...The sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship predates the Constitution...
...CORRESPONDENCE Jeepers Veepers Thomas Mallon replies- about the political life of this nation to authoritative reviewer for My Tien by Reading "Travels with My Veep" by Considering all the hot air Mr...
...Will you go head-to-head against Architectural Digest...
...sexless," "a carriage that borders on others, marveled at his remarkable liter- Another Silent Coup No doubt this book will continue to the apologetic" (how's that again...
...First, into the lawyer-client relationship...
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...Thomas F Conlon Washington, North Carolina Rust Removal I take exception to Terry Eastland's interpretation of the Rust ruling ("Gag Rulers," TAS, September 1991...
...Wright, tions of others—not least the reputation Mr...
...Would it be proper for an insurer to demand, as a condition of payment for service, that doctors not discuss expensive medical treatments with their patients...
...Richard Pryor, I shall not address his general review before various Senate and House Com- to answer some of the unanswered quesChevy Chase, the Belushis, Dan Ayk- of Mr...
...In the course of five pages I managed not been diminished by the revisionist ing with Watergate, is due out soon), to The piece abounds in nothing so much to describe Dan Quayle as being hand- historians, those who seek to make a call them "highly regarded" is like say-as hoary cliches: damning with faint some, gentle, well-informed, athletic, name for themselves at the expense of ing Veil is the most well-researched book praise, killing with kindness, "et tu, and a good father...
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...Did any of these social engineers suggest a round format...
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...The only criticism I would have is the suggestion that a significant number of the Marielitos were "criminals, psychiatric cases, and sex offenders...
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