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Richard Nixon's final bout with British Interviewer David Frost last week concluded, as had the first of the four telecasts, with a discussion of what the ex-President described as the "shattering experience" of his resignation. In coming full circle, the series-which had been sold separately to 162 U.S. television stations-lost half of its viewers, according to rating surveys in New York City and Los Angeles. Only about 21% of the TV audience watched the fourth interview, v. 42% for the first; 23% for the second; 17% the third. Among the topics in Nixon-Frost...
...Aviv hospital complaining of chest pains. That raised doubts about whether Begin, 63, who had suffered a serious heart attack only two months ago, was well enough to head a new government. The Likud leader, however, quickly recovered from what turned out to be exhaustion and a mild bout of angina pectoris, and astonished his countrymen by dropping bombshell No. 2: he said that former Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, a longtime Labor Party maverick, had "agreed in principle" to become Foreign Minister in a Likud government...
...bull-headed, so intent on lancing any threats to its authority that journalistic quality ceases to matter. On the other hand, the idyllic days of hard-nosed investigative reporting, exposes and journalism prizes emerge in vague, rosy-colored hues through the sheen of memory. Sitting in bed after a bout of adultery with Harry, Laura rummages through a sheaf of old photographs and reminisces fondly: "Remember when we used to do everything ourselves? We were dangerous then...
...hallway by the third-floor landing he came across Chris from down the hall, who had also just reached his saturation point in studying. After their evening's bout with formal learning both Jon and Chris just wanted to free associate. They stood by the stairwell talking about whatever popped into their minds. Jon started to tell about the math he had learned that night, but quickly got off the subject for fear that it was becoming an obsession...
...about?...Be sure to catch that new film biography of the Champ, which will be opening at your local theaters later this month. Come to think of it, that pitch was the only thing Ali threw all night....Rumor has it that Don King may be arranging a return bout between Ali and Rocky Marciano, whose WBA rating unexpectedly skyrocketed to the number 11 position (right behind Evangelista) last week. I tried calling Marciano, but to no avail. Keep your ears to the ground on this one...Who was the third emperor of Rome?...Who played "Ethel...