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...Kewanee, Ill. ("Hog Capital of the World"), also works with some 60 corporations to impart the social graces to bumptious executives. For too many, nose-to-the-grindstone careers have left little time for the velvet touch. In addition, Stewart has written eleven books, three of them with Ann Buchwald, wife of Columnist Art, which sport such jaunty titles as Looking Pretty, Feeling Fine and Stand Up, Shake Hands...
Initially under siege from the reactionary tennis establishment, critics accused the fledgling racquet, which boasts a 40-per-cent greater hitting area than its traditional counter-part, of being illegal, Political humorist, Art Buchwald, an avid tennis fan, recalls his personal "humiliation" and "suffering" when he first brandished it against Washington politicos. "I went through a terrible period... my opponents were screaming bloody murder, accusing me of cheating." While most of Washington officialdom are now converts, rumor has it that president Reagan doesn't play the game because he hasn't figured out where to hitch his horse...
...political portraits, the author almost always settles for a snapshot, which would be sufficient for bit characters but doesn't satisfy in the case of a president. There's more to the man in the White House than a short memory and a tendency to oversimplify. Buchwald could still be ironic and point out that Reagan and his ilk follow an American dream inherently weighted towards those who are already strong over those who are struggling to survive. Instead, the columnist settles for the easier "All politicians are clowns" line. Case closed. One of the few exceptions to this tendency...
...Martha's Vineyard. After a while, you're sure there's got to be something more poignant to relate than speculation about Jackie Onnasis' plans to move in next door and Bergdorf Goodman's arrival to follow. If he can't stand the other side of the tracks, then Buchwald should at least venture into a neighborhood with more modest split-levels once in a while...
...Buchwald is not a bad man because he is lazy about his columns. Within his self-imposed parameters, he succeeds more often than not. But like most writing composed between a late lunch and a 5 p.m. Capitol Hill reception, his merits little more than a quick read. Skim until you find the punch-line, scan the letters to the editor for someone you know and then chuck the whole thing into the garbage. Has anyone ever cut out and saved more than one Buchwald column...