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...items that twinkle brightest: a money clip from Jack Benny to George Burns ("I want the dollar bill back!"); an Indian war bonnet from Gary Cooper to Pablo Picasso; Henry Fonda's painting of Stewart's favorite horse to Old Friend Jimmy; and from Stan Laurel to young Roddy McDowall, his famous hat, autographed...
Aquino's announcement did not resolve the larger question that loomed in the minds of Filipino voters. Would the splintered opposition forces now unite around Aquino, with former Senator Salvador ("Doy") Laurel, 57, holding the vice-presidential spot on her ticket? Or would Laurel, the other leading opposition candidate, pursue his own campaign, thus forcing Marcos' challengers to field two tickets and split the opposition vote...
Five days later, the matter was addressed in another announcement, and this one sent a chill through the opposition ranks. At a Sunday press conference, Laurel declared that he would pursue the presidency. He added that he was calling off a single-ticket deal struck earlier with Aquino because she had backed away from an agreement to run under the banner of Laurel's party, the United Nationalist Democratic Organization (UNIDO). "I can sacrifice myself. I can sacrifice the presidency," he said. "But I cannot sacrifice my party, my principles and the people who have worked so hard all these...
More important, Tisch is a businessman of legendary stature. He and his brother Preston, who is president of Loews, started in 1946 by borrowing money from their parents to buy a single resort hotel, called Laurel-in-the-Pines, in Lakewood, N.J. By 1955 they had twelve hotels, and in 1960 they hit the big time by buying control of Loews Theaters. After a quarter-century of further growth and acquisitions, including takeovers of CNA Insurance and Lorillard Tobacco, the Tisches run a company with assets of more than $12.5 billion. The brothers have amassed personal fortunes that total...
...grab that laurel this season? Tinker and Tartikoff are pinning many of their hopes on Amazing Stories, which is slotted on Sundays at 8 p.m. against CBS's Top Ten sleuth game, Murder, She Wrote. Traditionally, notes Tinker, "people go to CBS for 60 Minutes, and many of them just sit there all night long, through some rather indifferent programming. With Amazing Stories we're asking them to get up and change that dial. And if we do hear the thunder of dials across the land, the whole face of Sunday night will change, because maybe they won't come...