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...covertly making tapes of his phone conversations. He at first denied that he secretly taped calls, but when the New York Times confronted him with the leaked transcripts of conversations with half a dozen notables, including Senator Mark Hatfield, Actor Kirk Douglas and former Ambassador to Great Britain Walter Annenberg, Wick admitted that he had "in haste" failed to inform a "small percentage" of his callers that they were being tape-recorded. He apologized, saying, "I can understand how some might feel that it was intrusive." Wick, who in 1981 had been advised by the USIA general counsel...
...veracity, try Deadlines, written by Philadelphia Inquirer Film Critic Desmond Ryan and crammed with enough lore and craft about U.S. newspapers to qualify the reader for a diploma from the Annenberg School of Communication at Penn. Around a wheezing plot about a young investigative reporter trying to get the Big Story (a U.S. Congressman turns out to be-gasp!-corrupt), Ryan writes knowledgeably about libel law, newsroom computerization, labor disputes, inheritance taxes and galleys of other forces threatening to turn American newspapers into bland copies of one another...
...Annenberg's "Room of Memories," the Queen shares wall space with mementos of her host's acquaintance with world figures. The Christmas cards that Annenberg has received annually from the Queen Mother since 1972 are on the wall. So, too, is a copy of his condolence letter, and Queen Elizabeth's reply, after her cousin Lord Mountbatten was killed by Irish terrorists...
...Annenberg's wealth does not seem entirely inconsequential to his unusual relationship with the Queen. In his 5½ years as ambassador, he contributed lavishly to favored royal causes like the restoration of St. Paul's Cathedral. He also published, and sold at cost, a luxurious volume on Westminster Abbey...
...king of the Palm Springs desert would seem to have so little in common that even a member of the royal entourage seemed puzzled. Said he: "There are other ways the Queen could have spent her Sunday. One must assume some element of friendship between the two." Annenberg is reluctant to discuss their relationship. "One has to be terribly careful," he said last week, "or the iron curtain will fall around you just like that...