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Writers Peter Gammons (baseball), Ron Borges (football), Dan Shaugnessy (basketball) and columnist Leigh Montville are among the best in the country, and the Sunday section--which includes a notes column on each major sport--is a handy procrastination tool...
...great surprise that in 1975 Czechoslovakia's Martina Navratilova jumped the fence to begin her independent quest for U.S. citizenship and a ranking as the world's No. 1 woman tennis player. As shaped by New York Times Sports Columnist George Vecsey, this appealing Reds-to-riches story is as impatiently direct as Navratilova's game. Points are made quickly, aggressively and with authority. "You need a tank to beat me," she tells a haughty Soviet opponent after the U.S.S.R. had invaded Czechoslovakia. The Americanization of Martina begins with a move to Beverly Hills and the purchase of a silver...
...President did come under fire from some hawkish supporters who thought he should have issued an ultimatum and backed it up by military action. But those criticisms were balanced by grudging commendations from some of Reagan's most severe critics. For example, New York Times Columnist Anthony Lewis, who rarely finds anything good to say about the Administration, wrote that "Mr. Reagan deserves praise" for his restraint. In a more partisan vein, the College Republican National Committee began selling, for $1 each, red and white buttons with the simple message "427 DAYS." That is the difference between the 444 days...
...company's reputation. In 1978 federal officials ordered Hartz to rehire employees who had been fired during a union-organizing drive, and last year the firm pleaded guilty to perjury and obstruction of justice in an antitrust suit. But veteran Voicers take comfort from the Murdoch reign. Says Columnist Jack Newfield: "I thought Murdoch, on paper, was going to turn out to be a monster, but he gave us complete freedom." The new boss promises the same, at least for now. "I respect the niche of the Voice, and I'm going to give them total independence, which...
...featurish pieces on everything from heart disease to tips for keeping children happy on car trips. What these programs do best is live exchanges with two or three people on different sides of an emotional issue. Good Morning America, for example, recently paired Holocaust Survivor Elie Wiesel and Conservative Columnist John Lofton; when Lofton criticized Wiesel for not speaking out against other atrocities, Wiesel's blunt rebuttal ("How dare you, really") made for affecting television...