Word: autographed
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...serious legislator, a student of politics for whom Speaker Newt Gingrich predicted advancement, at least within the House ranks. The liberals of the '80s, always suspicious of Reagan, found Bono's election an easy joke. He was a celebrity Congressman, popular with fellow members as well as with autograph-seekers, the second-most requested draw at members' events behind Gingrich. "The last thing in the world I thought I would be is a U.S. congressman, given all the bobcat vests and Eskimo boots I used to wear," Bono said in January...
...observations on the creative Coalition's effort in Massachusetts on behalf of campaign-finance reform [AMERICAN SCENE, Nov. 10], Tamala M. Edwards drew only a partial picture and overemphasized the impact of celebrity. Edwards failed to state that for all the autograph seekers who appeared, many more Massachusetts residents listened thoughtfully to the Creative Coalition's presentation of the important points of the issue. They listened, and they signed our petitions. The Creative Coalition, joined by several other New York-based organizations, exceeded its most ambitious projections by gathering more than 8,000 signatures in one day. A clean-elections...
...that tainted money. It becomes immediately clear, however, that Baldwin is going to have a communications problem. A scream rips the air, and a saleswoman from the Foot Locker, dressed like a black-and-white-striped referee, charges Baldwin and throws an arm around him. "Can I have your autograph?" she asks. "Quite frankly, I'd like to have yours," replies Baldwin in a cool comeback. He starts to explain his cause and the need for people to sign the petition. But it is all in vain. She pays no attention to his moving lips, her gaze instead locked...
...crowd, hands stick out store receipts, corners of newspapers and blank checks for Baldwin's autograph. Most people, though, are having a hard time focusing on the issue. Baldwin spends a few minutes needling Arline and Arthur Hass on the merits of the petition. They sign, but the couple are not clear about what's going on. "I don't know. What's it for?" asks Arline. And some of those who think they know, well..."It's to get money from politics and put it into the environment," insists Velma Marotte. "More stars should get out and do this...
...scenes that he usually encounters at large concerts. Duritz says he often likes to enter the audience to watch his opening acts perform, but finds doing so extremely difficult. "People often just want to get something from you," he says. A typical situation: a fan approaches him for an autograph while he is watching the opening act; Duritz explains that he will sign autographs later and that he would like to sit back and watch the band play before hundreds of other autograph seekers become aware of his presence. The persistent fan continues until he attracts the mob that Duritz...