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Says Hambleton of his wife-student: "She is completely fearless." He thinks that O'Neil's deafness may be an asset. As he explains it: "On a crowded movie set, it's very difficult to concentrate, to get your timing down. Kitty is not distracted by the sounds around her." So far, O'Neil has suffered only one injury on a set. In a fight scene on NBC's Quincy, she was thrown to the ground by a stocking-masked villain. Instead of falling on her behind, as planned, she landed on her head. Recalls...
...President's chief asset continues to be his opponent. More than 2 out of 3 Ford voters give as their main reason for supporting him the fact that they have too many questions about Carter...
...millionaire; in Aix-en-Provence, France. Graham's 1934 book Security Analysis (coauthored with David L. Dodd) remains a business-school textbook; more than 100,000 copies have been sold. The Intelligent Investor, his layman's guide to Wall Street, stressed the importance of the net asset value of a corporation's stock...
JAMES BUCKLEY, 53, would have won the convention booby prize had Schweiker not pre-empted it. New York's Republican-Conservative junior Senator permitted an abortive effort to win support for himself as an alternative to Ford or Reagan, thus diminishing his prime asset: an image as a non-politician who happens to be in politics. Buckley insisted his move was selfless -intended to prevent a first-ballot victory and permit delegates bound to a candidate whom they did not favor to vote their convictions on subsequent ballots. When a scant twelve delegates rallied to his tardily raised banner...
...loafers, Reagan was constantly telephoning uncommitted delegates and "soft" Ford supporters around the country. Nancy did her part, fending off nonessential calls and chatting with delegates on one line until her husband had completed a conversation on another. Like Betty Ford, Nancy is universally regarded as a campaign asset to her husband. She also participates actively in strategy discussions...