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...them was aired he would begin improvising. "Everything," he said, "is happening right now." He added with a grin: "If there's no drama, I'll turn to human interest-like the 26-year-old woman who has five kids and never had time for a honeymoon so she opted to come to the convention as her honeymoon...
...when she won an oratorical contest at Staples High School in Westport, Conn., called "The Voice of Democracy." But guess who's coming to 8.4 million U.S. homes for breakfast, electronically speaking, for the next three weeks while Today show Hostess Jane Pauley goes off to marry and honeymoon with Cartoonist Garry Trudeau? Hartley, best known for her low-key and highly successful Polaroid camera commercials with James Garner, will handle interviews and other chores as Pauley's standin. "I'm using brain cells I haven't used since college," confesses she. Of more concern...
...issue. Better wait, Carter figured, until outrage over the Afghanistan invasion has died down-and until the Executive Branch is in a stronger position to press for ratification. That might mean after the November elections, when either a re-elected Carter or his successor would probably enjoy a honeymoon with a new Congress...
...there is an inkling that a "honeymoon period" does not necessarily exist in Canada. Although the voters did spare themselves another campaign by choosing a majority, they certainly did not resolve the fundamental conflicts that cast a specter over Canadian politics. Perhaps Trudeau will have to define what Canadians want before he can govern effectively. Given the country's cultural diversity and regional disparities, his task appears difficult...
...Golden Honeymoon would seem an especially hazardous undertaking. Like many Lardner stories, this account of an elderly couple's Florida vacation is told in '20s slang by an inarticulate character. The narrator here is a gabby, boorish husband who never really grasps that he is describing a near fatal crisis in his 50-year marriage. As he prattles lightly about painful events, the gap between his words and deeds becomes the basis for a classic black comedy...