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...sounds like something concocted at the Polo Lounge of the Beverly Hills Hotel. In a nine-page memo informing its members of the new awards, the A.A.P. proposal committee said that once winners have been chosen, "they will be announced at an awards ceremony that is envisioned as a gala evening of entertainment, a celebration for the industry, and a news event for the media." Following their flashier big brothers and sisters in the movie business, the A.A.P. has established an "academy." Organizations suggested for membership include not only hardback and paperback publishers but associations representing bookstore owners, jobbers, publicists...
...DEDICATION of the Kennedy School of Government on October 21 was a sorry start for an institution that boasts it will be able to keep Harvard University in touch with the "real world." For despite all the carefully prepared speeches by notables and the celebrity gala that followed, the school's administration proved that it is sadly out of touch with one of the most pressing issues of that real world: the struggle for human rights in South Africa...
...spending $100,000 to lobby for the prize and suggesting a response to any queries about the award: "I have no comment until I read one of Baker's columns." When Baker received the bulletin, he fired off one of his own, thanking his colleagues for planning a gala testimonial dinner in his honor. "Unfortunately, I cannot accept," he added, "as I will be busy throughout the rest of the spring counting my prize money...
...that Allen has forgotten about laughs. While in the thick of making Manhattan, he spent dozens of hours watching Bob Hope movies to compile a one-hour film tribute for a Lincoln Center gala honoring the comedian. "I had more pleasure looking at Hope's films than making any film I've ever made," Allen says. "I think he's just a great, huge talent. Part of what I like about him is that flippant, Californian, obsessed-with-golf striding through life. His not caring about the serious side at all. That's very seductive to me. I would feel...
...Kling, president of Landmark Bancshares of Missouri, who used to work with U.S. Trade Negotiator Robert Strauss, helped raise money for the gala. Acting on White House authority, he persuaded at least 13 companies and banks (including Xerox, Bank of America and Chase Manhattan Bank) to ante up 5,000 tax-deductible dollars apiece. The White House did not say how much it raised for the dinner, which cost more than $80,000. Anything extra would come out of the State Department's entertainment budget. When questions were raised about the propriety of soliciting private cash, the White House...