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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Bellamy was unavailable for comment yesterday...
President Bok, who has stated his opposition to the legislation, was unavailable for comment yesterday...
Neither Smith or Calkins could be reached for comment yesterday...
Baker is something less than that, and something more. His column walks the high wire between light humor and substantive comment, a balancing act so punishingly difficult that in the entire country there are not a dozen men and women who can be said to have the hang of the thing. Of these good humor men and women, Baker is consistently the most literate. What impresses Pulitzer judges and other journalists about Baker's high-wire heroics is not simply the talent that they require, though the requirement is very high, but Baker's extraordinary range...
...heard that Russell Baker had won a Pulitzer Prize, he addressed a memo to half a dozen of the nation's top humor columnists accusing Baker of spending $100,000 to lobby for the prize and suggesting a response to any queries about the award: "I have no comment until I read one of Baker's columns." When Baker received the bulletin, he fired off one of his own, thanking his colleagues for planning a gala testimonial dinner in his honor. "Unfortunately, I cannot accept," he added, "as I will be busy throughout the rest of the spring...