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Pickens has remained a disciplined athlete since college. An avid golfer with a handicap of twelve, he is a light eater who prefers cereal and fresh fruit for breakfast and likes to munch on Granny Smith apples during the day. Aides set out raw carrots as snacks during company meetings. He does not smoke, and he offers employees $6-a-month bonuses to give up the habit. IF YOU MUST SMOKE, reads an embroidered cushion in Mesa's corporate jet, PLEASE STEP OUTSIDE. But he is not averse to an occasional Scotch and soda...
Ronald Reagan, who rarely has time for fiction, has read it, pronounced it "the perfect yarn" and issued an invitation to the author to visit him at the White House this month. Other avid fans of the novel in the Administration include U.S. Information Agency Chief Charles Wick, outgoing White House / Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver and the brass at the Defense Department. The Soviet embassy in Washington has reportedly bought several copies, presumably for shipment to Moscow. The object of all this high-level interest is The Hunt for Red October, a sea thriller about spooks and submarines...
...made it to print through other publishers. Classics like "Howl" and "Kaddish" adorn the pages of this volume, adorned by Buddhist-inspired drawings, pictures of Ginsberg's Beatnik buddies and supplementary essays by literati honchos like William Carlos Williams. The most novel aspect of the book is its comprehensiveness--avid Ginberg fans can view the poet's life and work in a single volume...
...this week, but some Lone Star Democrats are already complaining bitterly that the Mondale campaign is using money originally targeted for a get-out-the-vote effort in Texas to retire his heavy debt left over from the primaries. "That means," says one Texas political consultant who is an avid Mondale supporter, "that the Mondale leadership has thrown in the towel...
...most avid supporters of these roles are, not surprisingly, the women who portray them. "It's fun," says Merrill, whose wealthy character on Hot Pursuit has her husband murdered and frames an innocent woman for the crime. "You get all the aggressions out of your system." Diahann Carroll, who joined Dynasty at the end of last season as the haughty Dominique Deveraux, announced proudly that she would be playing "TV's first black bitch." On the other hand, Collins insists that there is more to Alexis than malevolence: "Women look to her struggles, her strong sense of identity...