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...several unauthorized meetings with Western newsmen, Zoya, now 63, and her beautiful daughter Victoria, 29, disclosed the details. Five months after Zoya's affair with Jack had begun, the actress was suddenly sent on a road tour, and Jack was declared persona non grata by the Soviets. He was put aboard a plane for Washington the same day. Zoya learned later that he had vainly sent her a series of desperate letters. A few years later, he received an anonymous note from Russia, probably inspired by the secret police, that said: "Stop annoying our famous actress. She has married...
...during the evening. At another dinner, Washington Post Owner Katharine Graham, spotting others who, like herself, had long been banned from the Nixon White House, declared with satisfaction: "It's marvelous-all the underground is here." Mrs. Graham was seated between Senator Charles Percy, another Nixon persona non grata, and Washington Redskins Star Running Back Larry Brown. "It was so funny," Betty Ford said later, "hearing Kay Graham leaning across Larry Brown to explain to Mrs. Oscar de la Renta just who Larry Brown...
...Percy of Illinois and Mark Hatfield of Oregon, and, surprisingly, former Senator Charles E. Goodell of New York. While a member of the House, Goodell helped his close friend Ford become minority leader in 1965. Goodell has been a Republican outcast since 1969, after he became persona non grata to the Nixon Administration largely because of his opposition to the war in Viet...
...Damascus, where Americans have been officially non grata since 1967, a U.S. special diplomatic mission was operating quietly, and U.S. businessmen jostled Japanese and European competitors for contracts...
...beat, the Post's style section, after all. "One day," she said dramatically, "you'll know why I made the decision not to join the Times and why I couldn't tell you." Veteran reporters thought they already knew. Sally was persona non grata among Times staffers because of the allegedly inflated salary of $35,000 she was said to be getting. She would be a double risk if she becomes the wife of the rival Post's Executive Editor Ben Bradlee-another current story about Sally...