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...returning to the screen in Ragtime, his 65th film, after a 21-year absence, James Cagney is unchanged at heart...
...65th running of the Indianapolis 500 may turn out to be the most singular race in speedway history. First, Bobby Unser hoisted the Indy trophy after his Penske-Cosworth received the checkered flag. The next morning, race stewards stripped Unser of his third Indianapolis title and gave it to Mario Andretti, who had finished second. Unser passed eight or nine cars, violating a rule that bans drivers from improving their positions while a yellow caution flag is in effect. Unser was penalized one lap, moving Andretti up from second money ($168,674) to first ($262,424). Unser appealed the decision...
...with a new lease on life. To be on the attack is to be more readable." Though Safire describes himself as "a right-winger," never underestimate his fondness for creating a stir. In one column he savaged Reagan's new Attorney General, William French Smith, for attending a 65th birthday party for Frank Sinatra. It was bad enough, Safire wrote, for Reagan to turn to Sinatra for fund-raising help and to put him in charge of Inaugural entertainment, but for an Attorney General to involve himself with "a man obviously proud to be close to notorious hoodlums...
When McNamara announced that he would be stepping down after his 65th birthday next June 9, Carter briefly considered former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young for the post. But when he tested the idea privately, Democratic advisers and businessmen vetoed the nomination as too controversial. Administration officials had also begun drawing up a list of suitable candidates. Clausen was on the list of ten names presented to Carter because he had both an international-finance background and an interest in the problems of the developing world. Some other names on the list were said to be Paul Volcker, chairman...
Auto industry observers scrutinize executive promotions at General Motors the way that Kremlinologists study the lineup of Soviet leaders at the annual May Day parade. This year the stakes were especially high. With Chairman Thomas A. Murphy and President E.M. Estes both nearing their 65th birthdays and required to retire in December and January, the firm's two top jobs would be opening up for the first time in six years. The giant automaker last week cut short the executive-suite guessing game. It announced that Roger Bonham Smith, 55, will replace Murphy as chairman of the board...