On the Record

Gene Shalit, movie critic for NBC's Today show, on what the beleaguered network's initials stand for: "Nothing But Chaos."

Mark Russell, 48, Washington political satirist, on the Reagan Cabinet: "They're the kind of guys that come home from a white-tie affair and slip into a black tie."

Steven Bach, 41, film maker, after being ousted as head of production at United Artists: "We'll find out how badly I was hurt if I can't get a table any more at Ma Maison. Then I'm in disgrace."

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