Senator D’Amato Relates to Boy Named Alphonse
U S Senator Alfonse M D Amato recalls childhood ribbing over his name and replies to a 9 year old San Francisco boy Alphonse Fox who says school jokes about his name. D Amato plans to write the boy and suggest using the nickname Al. He notes his own father called him Alfonse after a wealthy Uncle Alfonse funded the family home.
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Long Island
N.Y
U.S
Alfonse
M. D’amato
San Francisco
Alphonse Fox
D’amato
Alphonse
Fox
Thompson Covers Pulitzer Divorce as Gonzo Return
Hunter S Thompson, the “doctor of gonzo journalism,” attends Roxanne Pulitzer's high profile divorce trial in West Palm Beach to file for Rolling Stone. He, freshly back from Hawaii, views the case as a possible last dramatic fling for his career amid sensational claims and a brief public kiss with Roxanne.
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West Palm Beach, Fla
Roxanne Pulitzer
Hunter S. Thompson
Rolling Stone Magazine
Thompson
Hawaii
Peter Pulitzer
Pulitzer
Joseph Pulitzer
Soviet lawyer exposes corruption in the Soviet state
Konstantin Simis, a former Moscow criminal lawyer and exile living in Arlington, outlines in The Corrupt Society how the ruling elite hoards luxury, how bribery pervades daily life, and how fear of exposure sustains a corrupt system. He argues genuine reform requires an end to the Soviet apparatus and state control.
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Washington
KGB
Konstantin Simis
Moscow
West
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Simis
Institute of Soviet Justice
Politburo
Communist Party
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Taipei
Taiwan
UPI
Wu Jung-ken
China
South Korea
Hunter Thompson
By Rudy Maxa
Washington Post Service
Bridat BF
Smulekoff’s
Daystrom
Curio
Cedar Rapids
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