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...football games and write,'' says Smith, who holds an M.B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh and is fond of quoting Chaucer in Middle English. ''I find it a good release.'' Malone, on the other hand, is painfully shy and often appears uncomfortable in public. Although he lives in the Denver area, he is little known there outside business circles, and he forbids interviewers to ask about his wife Leslie or their two children. A benevolent boss and a passionate sailor, Malone once painstakingly restored a turn-of-the century commuter boat that had ferried robber barons along the Hudson River...
...Robertson, referring to the Supreme Court's reaffirmation last week of Roe vs. Wade. Citing Thomas Jefferson, the Republican presidential aspirant called the high court an ''unelected oligarchy'' and assailed the Justices as ''despots.'' Some 1,200 delegates to the National Right to Life Committee's convention in Denver applauded warmly. Then came New York's Republican Congressman Jack Kemp, a more conventional politician and a virtually certain candidate for the 1988 presidential nomination. Kemp took a broader view, shunning personal attacks on the Justices and appealing for ''not just a change of law but a change of heart...
Finally, Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole aroused the delegates, predicting, ''The fight can be won if we continue to press for the appointment of judges who interpret the law rather than invent the law.'' The appearance of Robertson, Kemp and Dole in Denver signaled that abortion has become a litmus-test issue for right-wing support in G.O.P. presidential politics. By coincidence, the three-day right-to-life meeting took place only five blocks away from a hotel that was host to the annual convention of the National Organization for Women, one of the most vocal advocates of free choice...
...Fried's lead, pointing out that while Roe vs. Wade had passed the court by 7 to 2, pro-abortion majorities had shrunk to 6 to 3 in a 1983 case, and last week to 5 to 4. At the convention of the National Right to Life Committee in Denver, a spokeswoman cheered, ''Seven- two! Six-three! Five-four! We are one vote away from restoring full protection for unborn children!'' National Right to Life President J.C. Willke bubbled, ''We're overjoyed with this decision. All we need is one more (Justice) and we're going to reverse this abomination...
...Spagnuolo says he expects that protesters will attempt to convene at Invesco Field as well, though he does not know of specific plans to disrupt the event itself. But with just weeks remaining before Denver hosts the Democrats, he says the behavior of the Democratic mayor's office has called into question the party's election-year message. "They want to look like they are the party of the people," Spagnoulo says. "And they don't want the public to see these protests...