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...Kennedy ran against Richard Nixon? And later, by bedtime: What if Johnny Carson were a candidate? Now a nationwide poll for Spy magazine answers these pressing questions. Kennedy, for example, would beat Nixon decisively, 52% to 29%. As for following Reagan from Hollywood into politics, the clear favorite is Charlton Heston, followed by Paul Newman and Bill Cosby. (Carson comes in sixth.) Asked which candidates seem the "craziest," voters singled out Jesse Jackson, Pat Robertson and Alexander Haig, in that order. Crazy or not, Jackson was the front runner in the Democratic field, with 18%, followed by Michael Dukakis...
There were memorable moments, of course -- usually serious, often sentimental, occasionally silly. One of John Paul's most eloquent sermons was delivered to a glittering gathering of 1,500 executives and entertainers (Charlton Heston, Bob Hope, Loretta Young) in Los Angeles, summoning them to lift the moral tone of their media. "Seeking to satisfy the dreams of millions," he cautioned, "you can become lost in a world of fantasy." In downtown Detroit, he challenged an affluent nation: "You may choose to close in on yourselves, to enjoy the fruits of your own form of progress and to try to forget...
...year," Charlie Dressen used to advise newer managers, "get a different one the next." Only Rose would understand that this applies to similes as well. Approaching 46, the Reds' player-manager had to leave himself off the winter roster in order to protect a younger man, like Pitcher Norm Charlton, whose finger Rose broke with the first fungo of the season...
...says. "I was more interested in golf and book reading than in what I was doing." Howard says a television series serves as a nice springboard for good-looking young actors and actresses as well as a "twilight song for various performers like John Forsythe, Barbara Stanwyck and Charlton Heston." But for an actor "in the middle" of his career, as he characterizes himself, such an undertaking seems stifling...
...send people to Washington who will solve problems, not create them." The following evening, the Gipper struck back with a $1,000-a-head dinner for 1,500. Joining President Reagan to back California's Republican Senatorial Nominee Ed Zschau were such grand old partyers as Cary Grant, Charlton Heston and Arnold Schwarzenegger. The out-of-this-world events wound up in a draw, each raising a dazzling $1.5 million...