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...analyzing the few experiences he deals with--be they artworks or political powerplays--which contain a grain of original truth in their reflection of contemporary life-trials. Even when reminiscing on his own childhood sports career, Sheed is not concerned with the sweaty playing-field grit of the sports columnist, or the heroicizing rhetoric of Mailer's "King of the Hill." Instead, he examines the extent to which sports made him, an English boy, into an American. He concludes that the socializing effects of the competitions were limited. Everything changes off the field...
That fleeting moment of levity during the secret deliberations of the elite Washington Special Action Group enlivened the classified documents released last week by Columnist Jack Anderson (see THE PRESS). While providing a rare, fascinating glimpse of uncertainty and candor among the President's top advisers as India waged its swift war to dismember Pakistan, the papers revealed nothing new of substance and fell far short of proving the columnist's assertion that the Administration had grossly deceived the public about its pro-Pakistani stance. They did discredit Henry Kissinger's claim during the action that...
...Columnist Jack Anderson, Washington's most persistent sensationalist, thrives on contention. His column, Washington Merry-Go-Round, gives his audience frequent scoops, but many of his fellow newsmen regard as frivolous his uneven mixture of muckraking and kiss-and-tell gossip. Last week, however, Anderson was basking in more serious attention, after his Merry-Go-Round grabbed off something of a brass ring. In four columns, he disclosed private policy discussions of the Washington Security Action Group, composed of experts from the National Security Council, State Department and Pentagon, concerning Administration action in the India-Pakistan...
...journalism, the dyspeptic despot is usually played by an editor who starts off saying something like "This page is too damn dull. It needs some humor." Serious words are then circulated among the clever headline writers and droll cityroom pinochle players that there is an opening for a funny columnist...
...football team this fall at the age of 36, he did what any other sports figure would do in the circumstances. He decided to capitalize further on the fame he won on the field. Among other things, he got a job with the Detroit Free Press as a sports columnist. But when he showed up at the first game, the Lions management barred him from the press box. "He's done nothing but say derogatory things about the team," said Lion Public Relations Director Lyall Smith, "and I must assume the reason for his column is to say more...