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...string of negatives than an expansion baseball team in its first season: no public recognition except in his Manhattan congressional district, no money, no powerful political patrons, no neighborhood organization, no personal pizazz. He did have a small cadre of zealous supporters, the most prominent of whom was Bess Myerson, Miss America of 1945, the city's former consumer affairs commissioner and now a savvy political woman about town. In addition, Koch had a strategy. A self-proclaimed "liberal with sanity," he would adjust to the harsh new realities of life in the city by emphasizing management reform...
Intentionally or not, Koch counters both insinuations by frequent appearances in the company of "a very special friend," Bess Myerson. She kisses him in camera range. He holds her hand while entering the synagogue. When asked about possible wedding plans, Koch parries the question...
...executives hope that her departure from NBC'S Today show will deepen that program's recent ratings slide, to the pleasure and profit of ABC's competing Good Morning, America. NBC may well move fast to replace Walters. Some candidates: Candice Bergen, Betty Furness. Bess Myerson and Shana Alexander...
Informal Polls. Moynihan's friends and critics alike suspect he wants to get into the Senate race. Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark and New York Congresswoman Bella Abzug have a large organizational lead for the nomination, however, and former New York City Consumer Affairs Commissioner Bess Myerson, though not a candidate, has done well in the polls. Moynihan told TIME he had no intention of making speeches at the U.N. for the rest of his life, but he also insisted, "I am not running for the Senate and haven't the slightest intention of doing...
...runs unsigned editorials under its masthead. But if the current editors of The Crimson do not repudiate the philosophy of their former political editor, a clear statement of the political interests which the newspaper serves is in order. Its readers will then know how the tower tilts. Allen R. Myerson...