Word: ron
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Russell Miller (no relation) was a bit luckier. His Bare-Faced Messiah, a damning portrait of the late L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology, remained in bookstores only on a technicality. Although the court agreed with the complainant, New Era Publications International, a Danish company with Scientology connections, it found that New Era had taken too long to bring suit over Miller's use of Hubbard's letters and diaries...
...wasted. After two decades of research for his biography of Malcolm X, Bruce Perry, a scholar formerly on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, is eliminating major portions of his book. They include extensive paraphrasings from Malcolm's autobiography -- a work, incidentally, that was written by Alex Haley. Ron Nessen, former presidential press secretary to Gerald Ford, sued the Washingtonian and his ex-wife for $50 million after the magazine ran an article by the former Mrs. Nessen that contained his letters...
Noted for his recruiting skills, the former Army assistant has compiled a 49-81 record in five years at Harvard, including a disappointing 12-14 mark last season. With forwards Ralph James and Ron Mitchell among the top returnees in the Ivy League, the pressure will be on the Crimson to cop its first-ever Ivy crown next season...
...opponents' bench had collapsed in the middle of my windup. I remember my co-presidency of the two-man Kiko Garcia Fan Club in honor of the Baltimore utility infielder. I remember Ralph James slamming a towering shot far over the head of our leftfielder, a kid named Ron Mitchell. I cracked up as our coach pulled Ron off the field for jogging after the ball. "But Mr. Marshall, he could have run around the bases twice," Ron pleaded...
...Ron and Ralph have turned their interests elsewhere (they're the two top scorers on the Harvard basketball team), and so have I. I have yet to watch one minute of a major league game this year. I have yet to pick up a baseball. I did play softball one afternoon last week--and made three errors in one inning...