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...James Garner in the Polaroid commercials. She was brought in last summer to substitute for Pauley, who was getting married to Cartoonist Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury). Though no one said as much, it seemed clear that if Hartley had done well, the job might have been hers. She did not impress NBC, however-the result of sabotage from the staff, according to Hartley-and Pauley's contract was extended three years...
...Williams, who met with the bogus sheik or his representatives eight times in eleven months, was improperly enticed by the FBI. An FBI tape played at Myers' trial records FBI Informer Mel Weinberg, who acted the role of the sheik's associate, coaching Williams on how to impress the fake Arab. Said Weinberg: "You gotta tell him how important you are. You tell him in no uncertain terms: 'Without me, there is no deal. I'm the man who's gonna open doors.' " Thus, the jury's most difficult decision may be deciding...
...describes the politics of the Cold War, as Lippmann himself dubbed it. His view was totally pragmatic, emphasizing the need for the United States to preserve an operational balance of power, not to concentrate on spreading the American gospel of freedom. He did not feel the United States could impress its version of democracy on foreign peoples themselves struggling for the right to self-determination. Yet he also felt the honesty and reason of American policy-makers would guarantee a peaceful and just resolution of the Cold...
...nearly ended Kennedy's to Rose. The impending scandal, writes Swanson, led Boston's late William Cardinal O'Connell to beg her to end the affair. "Each time you see him becomes an occasion of sin for him," the Cardinal warned. That did not especially impress either of them. When the two finally fell out, it was over a less spiritual matter-money...
...writers might have more thoroughly examined the subtler exploitation that Merrick suffers under Treves' care. The doctor worries that the hospital has replaced the carnival as Merrick's freak show, that the Victorian socialites come to have tea with the Elephant Man only to stare at him and "to impress their friends." He begins to question his own motives in taking care of Merrick, wondering if he sought only recognition and not social justice. It's an intriguing idea that's just left hanging with no further development...