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...longest and most expensive election recount in U.S. history ends, with former Sen. Adlai E. Stevenson III '52 declared the one-vote victor of last November's Illinois guheranorial race against incumbent James "Big Jim" Thompson. "I'm so happy--pass the Perrier Lite," exclaims the jubilant Stevenson. Local newspapers report that Stevenson was put over the top by two late-arriving ballots: from Adlai E. Stevenson II and Adlai E. Stevenson...
...books, when they are written, may be titled The Longest Campaign or One Primary Too Many. If there is a martial ring to this Washington waggery, there is also an alarming truth. Political guerrillas for the 1984 election have assembled. They began probing ten months ago, a full year before Jimmy Carter did the same in his early-bird run at the presidency and nearly two years ahead of the traditional campaign kickoff. The upcoming presidential race will be the longest, most televised, most computerized, most numbing electoral spectacle in history. It could also be the most expensive, exceeding...
...Alan Cranston not to appear as old as he is (68), Glenn to appear a little taller than he is (5 ft. 10½ in.) and Fritz Rollings not to seem as Southern as he is (Charleston, S.C.). More experts than just Scammon believe the world's longest political race may be won by the man who is best at poking fun at himself. "They've got to kid their own eagerness," says Humor Consultant Bob Orben, who wrote for Bob Hope and Jerry Ford. Already Orben is spinning jokes about Glenn "peaking too soon" now that...
...Longest Phone Call: E.T.'s desperate message to an area code 3 million light-years away, which was followed by millions and led to the year's catchiest phrase, "E.T., phone home...
...Longest Wait: For NBC, perennially last in the ratings, to turn itself around under its new board chairman, Grant Tinker, who has sought to succeed with something rarely seen on commercial TV, high-quality programming...