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...brief stop they will make in Copenhagen marks a return to an old stamping ground and brings back nothing but pleasant memories for the team. Hordes of eager young fans begged team members to autograph anything-even their arms-after the Classics' victory over the Danish national team last year...
...thence, baffled applause still ringing in his ears, back to the Holiday Inn." Did Updike, invited by the Franklin Library, once agree to sign 20,000 volumes of Rabbit Run on the island of St. Thomas? Bech is lured by Su-perbooks, a subsidiary of the Superoil Corp., to autograph 28,500 sheets, at $1.50 each (Updike was paid a bit more), to be bound in pigskin into a special limited edition of his novella Brother Pig. The assignment carries with it an all-expenses-paid two-week working holiday in the Caribbean with the companion of Bech...
Attention, autograph hounds. Mr. Updike claims that some misadventure in his past has made it difficult for him to sign his own name. He says that he can handle John quite competently, and that the U, p and d of his surname present no insurmountable obstacles. But he protests that he clutches on the i and consequently botches...
Earlier, my secretary, Susan Clough, had brought me some photographs of Begin, Sadat and me. They had already been signed by Sadat, and Begin had requested that I autograph them for his grandchildren. Knowing the trouble we were in with the Israelis, Susan suggested that she go and get the names of the grandchildren, so that I could personalize each picture. I did this, and walked over to Begin's cabin with them. He was sitting on the front porch, very distraught and nervous because the talks had finally broken down at the last minute...
Amid the hoopla that features Henderson buttons, T shirts and balloons, the player still hangs out in "Henderson Heights," a 50-seat block of outfield seats he buys for underprivileged kids. Sometimes during games, Centerfielder Dwayne Murphy must tug him back on the field from autograph signing. "I get bored," Henderson admits. Says his former roommate, Pitcher Mike Norris: "Rickey is cocky, but conceit hasn...