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...home runs, of course. No other American Leaguer ever achieved that parlay. Only Henry Aaron, Willie Mays and Stan Musial of the National League, and Carl Yastrzemski. Yaz has kept just those two baseballs in 22 years. Yastrzemski's habit is to relay his trophies, like an ordinary cutoff man, to Presidents of the U.S. "I've presented one to every President since Kennedy," he says. "What should I do with awards and trophies? Touch them...
...Bennett, who directed Dreamgirls. In a bad, in fact rotten, year for musicals, both demonstrated what an energetic and imaginative director can do with mediocre material. Dreamgirls, which opened last December, was an early hit, and "Nine," which came in at the last minute (five hours before the nomination cutoff), was a late one. But the most recent entry is the one the voters remember best. "Tommy was faced with the decision of whether to have the comfort of another week or two of previews or to open in time to qualify for the Tony," says Producer Zev Bufman, whose...
With the June 30 cutoff for passage just three weeks away, the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution is still three states shy of the 38 needed for ratification. But supporters are not yet willing to call it quits. Heartened by a recent Harris poll showing that public support for passage has increased since January from 50% to 63% and a huge outpouring of money (more than $ 1 million a month in contributions to the National Organization for Women since December), ERA activists have intensified their last-ditch push for ratification. Says NOW President Eleanor Smeal: "Women want...
...presented fairly. The man had been informed in November 1981 that his benefits were being terminated, but he waited until April 1982, too late to protect his status, to make his appeal. CBS promptly rebutted this rebuttal, saying that the Ohio man and his lawyer had appealed the cutoff notice by phone and letter beginning in November...
Walters presented the same case to the military leaders, stressing that a failure to include moderate elements in the new government could lead to a cutoff of U.S. military aid. Apparently impressed, the generals reportedly put pressure on the politicians to elect Alvaro Alfredo Magaña, 56, a moderate banker with close ties to the army, President of the provisional government that is expected to be named this week...