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...Tehran encountering little hostility, despite Iran radio's constant and strident anti-American propaganda. In their on-the-air questioning of the student militants, however, they too seem inhibited by the fear of jeopardizing the hostages. When Khomeini gives televised interviews, he chooses which submitted questions he will deign to answer and allows no follow-ups. His advisers are smart enough about American public opinion to recognize that a star like CBS's Mike Wallace deserves three times as much interview time as the two other networks, and to conclude that public television rates fourth...
Robert Mugabe, a co-leader of the Patriotic Front guerrilla movement, declared from his headquarters in Mozambique that he would refuse to negotiate until his soldiers were accepted as the national army of Zimbabwe Rhodesia. His co-leader (and rival), Joshua Nkomo, did not deign to comment publicly, but his lieutenants said that Britain could hardly be expected to supervise new elections dispassionately...
...mannerisms like commodities. If you think they are repeating themselves, they are. When was the last time they were caught doing anything remotely fresh? Their fans wouldn't stand for it. They come not to watch a show or to see the gods and goddesses of the tabloids deign to immerse themselves in specific roles. Such play-goers attend the theater only to bathe in the effulgence of celebrityhood...
Helicopters hover above local picnic grounds, trailing long banners promoting the attractions of working at different firms. The Sunday editions of the San Jose Mercury-News bulge with up to 50 pages of help wanted ads. Television commercials promise job applicants VIP treatment if they deign to drop in for an interview...
...Lily no longer needs them. With the success of The Late Show, her future in the movies seems boundless, if somewhat undefined at the moment. If she makes it big on Broadway as well, she can probably do just about anything she wants-including TV, if she will still deign to do it. "Appearing on Broadway legitimizes me as a concert performer," she says. "New York and Los Angeles have the most demanding, knowledgeable audiences in the country...