Word: autographing
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...Carter, all right. But I've decided I'm against that rule. I don't want someone hanging over my head telling me what to do." A Carter whip overheard her remark. Suddenly, Chip Carter, the President's son, appeared at her seat and kindly offered to autograph her green Carter-Mondale poster. He wrote: "Thank you for your help on behalf of my father. With love, Chip Carter...
...Bradley of CBS was also canvassing delegations, but there was nothing unobtrusive about it. More famous than all but a handful of the Democrats on the floor, Bradley was slowed by autograph seekers and fans asking him to pose for photographs. Like Wilkie, he had to develop solid sources to stay on top of convention developments. He also needed interview subjects who would go on camera with timely information. It was new-style political reporting at its most trying...
...barely raise her left hand under the weight of diamond and emerald rings, Pam insists that she taught her girls all the social graces: "You might say it was a type of charm school." Buyers, many of them female, came from miles around to buy Pamorabilia and get her autograph (price: $2). Among the hottest items at the auction: oven timers, an electric vibrator pillow and a crushed-velvet tiger-striped bedspread with matching curtains. The sale netted several thousand dollars...
...average on a 5.0 scale), he left high school at age 16 to turn pro. Today he possesses one of the world's most famous lucky-charm beards, his annual Wimbledon growth, but he wasn't old enough to shave the first time someone approached him for an autograph. "I was 14 and I was so proud when they asked. But every time I signed my name, it looked different. I was so embarrassed. I was only 14 and I couldn't get it right twice in a row. So I practiced signing my name until I finally...
...nine months of the year, they make their home in hotels, Mariana, who severely curtailed her competitive career after a frantic year of tournaments in separate cities, washes their tennis whites in the tub. If the couple goes out to dine, they will be swamped by autograph seekers (and often not presented with a check), so they tend to subsist on room service. Says Mariana: "We get up and order breakfast from room service. Then we practice, come back to the hotel and order room service. Then Bjorn practices again, if he's not playing a match, and then...