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NO Comment Tree of Knowledge New York interior designer Brian Stoner, explaining (in The Wall Street Journal) why his clients will pay premium prices for walnut furniture: "Fine wood is anchored...
...But Who's Keeping Score...
...Brother, Can You Spare $5 Million...
...Mystery Writer When Nobel laureate Saul Bellow endorsed Richard M. Daley in the recent Chicago mayoral campaign, a Daley aide told Newsday, "Richie was surprised...
...problem...
...Man of Principle Comedian Gilbert Gottfried, commenting (in Rolling Stone) on testimonial advertising: "I always feel like I'm suited for anything they'll give me a check for...
...Phillip Moffitt in Esquire: "Unfortunately, the intense concern, almost fixation, with wealth that preoccupies so many of the 'haves' of society has led to a...
...Readers are invited to submit No Comment items...
...A new magic number has to be created...
...First Things First Richard Kostyra, media director of the J. Walter (Thompson advertising agency, defending corporations that withdrew from sponsorship of a television program dealing with the Roe v. Wade abortion decision: "I don't believe advertisers have a moral obligation to put their products on the line for the benefit of freedom of speech...
...Happy campers you are, happy campers you have been, and, as far as I am concerned, happy campers you will always be...
...Anything But That From The New York Times: "The Soviet Union and West Germany, as well as other NATO countries, favor negotiations on cutting back the remaining nuclear weapons in Europe...
...Bryan Farrell, a Dallas police officer who shot and killed three people in seven months, was dismissed from the force when investigators found notches carved into his service pistol...
...Now they want to become 'nickelmillionaires.'" Socialist Realism From Granma, Cuba's official government newspaper: "While there are several renewable sources of energy in existence today, now being developed slowly, scientists discovered a new safe and economical source: nuclear energy...
...They] discover that $2 million isn't enough to maintain their lifestyle...
...The Higher Learning From Publishers Weekly: "Because he said he wanted to improve his vocabulary, a student at a community college asked a bookstore clerk for Roger the Sorcerer...
...Gatekeeper's Holiday Harold Ezell, the U.S...
...People used to dream of becoming millionaires...
...A Heartbeat Away Vice President Dan Quayle, addressing Samoans who greeted him when he arrived in Pago Pago (which he pronounced Pogo Pogo): "You all look like happy campers to me...
...Immigration and Naturalization Service's Western regional commissioner, went to a party last year at Ferdinand Marcos's Hawaiian estate, reports The Honolulu Advertiser, where he embraced Marcos, danced with his wife, Imelda, and led other guests in a prayer for a "miracle" that would allow the Marcoses to return to the Philippines...
...Art for Art's Sake From the prospectus for an offering of public stock (at $20 a share) in Mustang Ranch, which operates two brothels in Nevada: "Each investor who purchases a minimum of 1,500 shares of Common Stock will be issued a Commemorative Certificate, which is a full-size (approximately 33 by 43 inches), collector's quality serigraph reproduction of the original art which has been completed by LeRoy Nei-man, specifically for these Commemorative Certificates...
...The United States and Britain oppose such negotiations on the ground that they could eventually lead to a nuclear-free Europe...
...Noting the request, the Textbook Authors Association Report called it a 'striking formulation' for Roget's Thesaurus...
...NO Comment Tree of Knowledge New York interior designer Brian Stoner, explaining (in The Wall Street Journal) why his clients will pay premium prices for walnut furniture: "Fine wood is anchored in intelligence...
...Please send original clippings or photocopies and give name and date of publication...
...Frontiers of Free Enterprise Among the "fashions by Poochie" for sale in the new Petigree Shop of Macy's Herald Square store in New York are a $ 100 doggie wedding dress (plus extra for the veil), a $48 dinner jacket, and a $30 trench coat with faux Burberry plaid...
...He never heard of Saul Bellow...
...That Clinches It New York State Senator James Donovan, a Republican from Oneida, speaking in support of capital-punishment legislation: "Where would Christianity be if Jesus got eight-to-fifteen years with time off for good behavior...
...Submissions cannot be acknowledged or returned...
...I'd advertise the American Nazi Party if there was money in it for me...
Vol. 53 • July 1989 • No. 7
