Word: ego
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That sort of ego massage may have been what Baker had in mind when he issued a tepid "no comment" instead of hotly denying the baseball commission story. In the past, Baker tried hard to squelch rumors that he would run for a Senate seat. However, he did covet William Clark's post as National Security Adviser, and had persuaded Reagan to appoint him as Clark's successor until Presidential Counsellor Ed Meese and other hard-liners sabotaged his bid. His pique and frustration may have made him receptive to job offers. "The fact that Baker...
...turkeys, one with a stethoscope, the other wearing ballet shoes. Except for that quaint nod to Thanksgiving, the marriage last week of Mary Tyler Moore, 45, to Manhattan Cardiologist Robert Levine, 29, went on without any of the giddy glitches that usually bedeviled Mary Richards, her old TV alter ego. After the traditional Jewish ceremony (Moore, a Catholic, took instruction in Judaism but has not converted to her husband's faith), the bride cut the cake for some 300 guests, including such MTM alumni as Valerie ("Rhoda") Harper, Cloris Leachman and Ted Knight. Said Harper: "Rhoda would have been...
...Hollywood hot shot. On the evidence of Yentl, she has been other women as well: the adoring child listening to her papa, and now telling him what she has learned; the gawky teen-ager eyeing her less gifted rivals; the budding artist stretching the limits of craft and ego; the novice director showing tact and assurance behind the camera; the successful career woman using her power to realize a dream. Three cheers for chutzpah! -By Richard Corliss
...crowds still yell "Run, Jesse, run!" and he still acts as if that is precisely what he has in mind. But Jesse Jackson, who had planned to announce his candidacy for the Democratic nomination last month, is finding that a run at the presidency cannot be fueled by ego and limelight alone. Clergymen this summer optimistically promised that $10 million could be raised for Jackson from the nation's network of black churches. But that plan was opposed by the Rev. T.J. Jemison, leader of the powerful National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc., who opposes mixing politics and religion...
...proud manner in which he adds, "I can still hit the fastest pitches in our league," suggests he will not quit at 40 at that. If his batting average was .230 for the season, a burst of Morgan's old self in the closing month filled his ego to at least an inch above the brim. "I'm the best 5-ft. 8-in. baseball player in history," he says. "You ain't five-eight," says Rose...