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NATION, Page 37Grapevine
PRESSING THE FLESH. Some Washington heavyweights are
shedding excess poundage. White House press secretary Marlin
Fitzwater has lost so much weight (55 lbs.) on an Optifast
liquid diet that even Mikhail Gorbachev commented on it at
Malta. House Speaker Tom Foley, who has dropped 20 lbs., vows
to get rid of 25 more. House Ways and Means chairman Dan
Rostenkowski, who balloons every winter from holiday partying,
is living mostly on grapefruit. Republican national chairman Lee
Atwater's Slim-Fast diet of milkshakes was emulated by some of
his dutiful staff, but the boss has let them down. Explains an
aide: "Lee's idea of a diet is to drink two Slim-Fast meals,
then go out and eat 25 chicken wings dipped in honey for
dinner." His weight loss so far: 0 lbs.