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Rather commented on the trend towards blandness in television reporting. Stations decide to broadcast good news saying "let's not deal with people dying in Southeast Asia but say that the Lion's Club had a meeting and sang the national anthem...
Begin was in a notably euphoric mood when he reported to a somewhat skeptical Knesset on his latest travels. With a touch of awe in his voice, the Premier declared that "they played the Hatikva [the Israeli national anthem] in Cairo." Shouted right-wing Backbencher Geula Cohen: "They will play it in Amman [Jordan] as well, if you give them Jerusalem!" But the members of parliament were generally appreciative until Begin mentioned the only new agreement to come from the trip: Sadat had agreed that the Israelis could keep a laundry at Kibbutz Neot-Sinai, a mile east...
...strains of the Chinese national anthem sounded first last week on the south lawn of the White House, as summit protocol demands. Then the U.S. Army Band gave an equally rousing version of The Star-Spangled Banner. From a windswept podium on the crest of the low hill, the two leaders exchanged bland welcoming remarks, then mounted a balcony to acknowledge the applauding crowd of some 1,000 dignitaries. Suddenly, Chinese Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-p'ing departed from the traditional script. He impulsively grabbed Jimmy Carter's hand and held it high. They looked like a pair...
Their favorite spot was the Whiskey-A-Go-Go, which the band immortalized when their first album. "The Doors," sold a million copies. It was their only gold disc, and perhaps fittingly so--it is arguably their best, with "Break on Through," "Light My Fire" (the anthem of a generation until it was precluded by "Gimme Shelter"), "Twentieth Century...
...years for the American team, which has been shunned by top pros, such as Jimmy Connors, who prefer to play elsewhere. (The Cup pays only $2,000, plus expenses.) But McEnroe thoroughly enjoyed the role of patriot athlete. "When you see your flag and they play your national anthem, it's a little different," he says. And McEnroe also liked the sensation of contributing to a team victory: "That's really a nice feeling. There's not really that much of that kind of thing in tennis any more...