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Clout: Clout engages in shuttle diplomacy to bring tentative peace to D.A.'s office
Informed by the city's financial woes, here are our picks:
_ Les Misérables , Victor Hugo
And you thought your life was bad . . .
_ Persuasion, Jane Austen
Maybe she has some tips on dealing with a state Legislature.
_ The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck
Nothing like the Great Depression to put things in perspective.
_ The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway
How quickly fate can eat away good fortune.
_ Hard Times, Charles Dickens
Do we really need to explain this one?
Olympic departures?
So Deputy Mayor Andy Altman announced this week that he is skipping town to head up part of the development for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. He's the third top official to leave since Mayor Nutter took office, and PhillyClout wonders if more might be out the door soon.
Should we call it the 500 Day Dash?
Quotables
"I imagine that when London is calling, it is difficult not to answer that call."
- Mayor Nutter, invoking The Clash, on Altman's departure. *
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