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...scene is the Oval Office of the White House, where Warren Gamaliel Harding is talking to a newspaper columnist. The eminent man says: "Oftentimes, as I sit here, I don't seem to grasp that I am President." The statement is too good not to be true. In fact, the entire Harding Administration is a humorist's despair; at a certain point, venality and incompetence simply transcend parody. Historian Charles L. Mee Jr. understands this. His brisk, hilarious retelling of the Harding saga resembles a series of blackout sketches. Facts are trotted out quickly, to speak and bray...
...Pepper, 80, is really keyed up over his new advice column, syndicated to some 700 newspapers. Since he is also chairman of the House Select Committee on Aging, Congressman Pepper's "Lonely Heart's Club" banter will deal with the concerns of the elderly. But like any columnist worth his salt, Pepper will spice up matters with advice to the lovelorn. Asked one reader: "I am 74 years old, a widower, and am seriously considering marriage to a woman who is 68. We are curious to know whether a lot of people our age get married." His reply...
...annual dues, were said to be worth the equivalent of $200,000 in subsidies and perks over a member's lifetime. One side benefit: a generous allotment of Centre Court tickets that could be scalped for up to $1,200 apiece before the finals. Summed up London Observer Columnist Adam Raphael: "There is no reason why the members of the All England Club should live off the backs of English tennis players...
Collins, a columnist with The Boston Globe, somehow moved in on the tennis broadcasting scene just as the sport was exploding with big money and big tournaments in the early 1970s. He gained prominence in a field that had no tradition, so he created one--fill every empty moment of air time with words, any words. His style only brought out the worst in his colleagues through the years, whether they were fellow t.v. "journalists" or competitors-turned-color commentators. Everyone tried to keep up with Bud in the coining of catch phrases and use of silly tennis-chiclingo...
Alexander Bovin, an Izvestia columnist and party official, agrees: "The Nixon model is, in theory, still not excluded. But you Americans say Reagan is different from his predecessors in that he will fulfill his campaign promises-including, presumably, the most anti-Soviet ones...