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...obliged to deny that it has any plan or desire to send U.S. troops to fight in Central America. Weinberger last November coupled his remarks about the necessity of popular support for any foreign military commitment with a pledge that "the President will not allow our military forces to creep--or be drawn gradually--into a combat role in Central America...
...PRESS HAS FOUND every bit of this self-congratulatory swill mm-mm good to the last drop. The most interesting event at the recording session, when Geldorf called Prince "a creep" in his absence, appeared only once in the press accounts. Most of the singers spent their non singing time getting each other's autographs and forming mutual admiration societies. By all accounts, what was supposedly one of the most touching artistic occasions in pop music history was little more than a Hollywood party without coke...
...Amato, the Senator was at a restaurant in Manhattan's Little Italy. Moments earlier, D'Amato's dinner had been interrupted by a prank call from Congressman Guy Molinari of Staten Island. Convinced that his old friend was prolonging the joke, D'Amato bellowed into the telephone, "Molinari, you creep, cut out this crap!" After identifying himself, the President did not have to belabor his cause before obtaining the mortified D'Amato's support...
...Word is spreading that some of the perennial complainers, like farmers and retired people, are willing to take their lumps if groups such as corporations and universities take theirs. But they also want Reagan to cut defense and get a bit more revenue out of the wealthy. The contenders creep a little closer together...
...hard to imagine Ford's being convincing as a creep or a cretin or even an ordinary villain, and his career has followed the dutiful, almost square path one would expect from the characters he projects. When he saw that he was not receiving the kinds of parts he wanted back in the '60s, he did what the forthright, somewhat self-righteous John Book would have done. Rather than fritter away his talent as a bit actor on TV car-chase shows, he all but dropped out for seven years, turning down 90% of the jobs he was offered. With...