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...bachelor with few family ties, Koch devotes his life to his job. He is a cheerful and unrepentant workaholic. In a city where the powerful can become, automatically, the beautiful people, Koch remains the homely bald guy in the shiny suit, Frank Perdue without a chicken. At first he even refused to live in the mayoral residence, Gracie Mansion, a large colonial house overlooking the East River; Koch now grudgingly spends most week nights there for convenience...
...thought Moscow's Misha was unbearable. Take a gander at Bald Eagle Sam, official mascot of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Bob Hope did, when the creature was unveiled at Los Angeles city hall on the day after his Soviet predecessor went into hibernation. Sam, hatched at nearby Walt Disney studios, struck some observers as a rather poultry imitation of the U.S. national bird. Hope did not duck the issue. "He has a good makeup man," the comedian said, gamely, and confessed his own regret at not participating in the Olympics. Clucked Hope: "Too bad gin rummy and beanbag...
...want Ted." Where television had benefited from its narrow, tight focus before, it now suffered; the power of the Kennedy backers was the most impressive on a grand scale. The only person in the hall able even to dampen the spirits of the demonstrators was the orchestra vocalist, a bald, leather-jacketed hybrid of Johnny Rotten and Guy Lombardo who forgot the words to "If I Had a Hammer," an error that by all accounts was quite welcome. In the end, it was almost anti-climactic that Kennedy won his platform battle; his real fight, with the party, with...
Polemics did not ruffle Snow. Tall, portly and bald, he remained a genial, accessible figure in London's streets and clubs. He lived quietly with Novelist Pamela Hansford Johnson, whom he married in 1950, and openly relished the honors that rained down on him. He was made a life peer by the Labor government of Harold Wilson in 1964. Although the practice was uncommon in such circumstances, Lord Snow took out a coat of arms. The design bridged the two cultures, showing two quill pens crossed over a telescope. It also included two Siamese cats, his favorite breed...
...feet when their teacher enters. Respectfully, they address him as Alexei Grigoryevich, using his first name and patronymic. The pupils, who wear uniforms (brown frocks and orange neckerchiefs for girls, blue jackets with shoulder tabs for boys), remain standing until their presence is acknowledged by the teacher, a short, bald man in his 50s. Then he turns brusquely to business...