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FICTION 1. Christine, King (1 last week) 2. White Gold Wielder, Donaldson (2) 3. The Little Drummer Girl, Le Carre (4) 4. The Lonesome Gods, L'Amour (3) 5. Ancient Evenings, Mailer (5) 6. The Summer of Katya, Trevanian (8) 7. Voice of the Heart, Bradford (7) 8. Icebreaker, Gardner (6) 9. Battlefield Earth, Hubbard 10. The Valley of Horses, Auel...
...former White House correspondent, I was amused to read your description of Sam Donaldson [April 11] as "more interested in emotion, in the fates of careers and in the flow of power than in the substance of Government." Well, yes. That is the White House, isn't it? Isn't that what Hugh Sidey writes about each week, and isn't that what TIME had in mind in its recent cover story on how Reagan decides...
...White Gold Wielder, Donaldson (1 last week...
...Donaldson wins no popularity contests with the Reagan team. In fact, he says he was told that an Administration official once warned ABC executives that the White House might revoke Donaldson's press pass. One reason Donaldson has since been able to achieve peace with the Administration, suggests former longtime CBS White House Correspondent Robert Pierpoint, is that the confrontational style, far from putting the President on the spot, "has played right into Reagan's hands. Donaldson and others intrude with a simple shot, and Reagan bounces it back with a shallow quip that plays beautifully onscreen...
...Donaldson savors the "terribly good exposure" and high pay (about $450,000) on the White House beat. He has already held the post longer than any of his first-string network rivals and almost twice as long as one of his most celebrated predecessors, NBC Anchor Tom Brokaw. Says Donaldson: "It takes a certain resiliency to persevere in covering the White House-or, a critic might say, a dullness of wit." He has tried out as anchor on ABC's Sunday-night newscast and on Nightline when Ted Koppel is away. But whatever else...