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...overnight ratings. The rest of his day is a marathon of meetings-with soap-opera writers, sitcom producers, cartoon animators, promotion experts, demographics wizards. He returns to his Central Park West apartment for dinner with his wife Cathy and their daughter Melissa, 4, then holes up in his den with a stack of scripts, a rack of video cassettes and two cassette players, which he watches simultaneously...
...next night, back in the White House, the President kept his emotions in check and his thoughts closely guarded. He watched the returns from the second-floor living room and den, sipping drinks and dining on a buffet of beef stroganoff, seafood creole, fresh fruit and pastries. Surrounded by his family and a few friends, he exhibited outer confidence. Yet the mood of the gathering was apprehensive. After 3 a.m., before the latest return had gone sour and Carter had congratulated him for a superb campaign, the man who had come so heartbreakingly close went to sleep without conceding...
...Colonna Den ton, Texas...
Died. Leonard Lyons, 70, Broadway columnist who chronicled the mots and mores of New York celebrities for four decades; after a long illness; in Manhattan. Born on the Lower East Side and trained as a lawyer, he began his column, "The Lyons Den," in 1934; during the '50s he was syndicated in more than 100 papers. From early afternoon to dawn six days a week, he would prowl New York nightclubs, theater openings, restaurants and bars to gather anecdotes. Though his renditions were often flatfooted, Lyons was trusted by movie stars, moguls, authors and athletes to get their stories...
...Den sermons make a mount...