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...ideal probably had begun to fade when Norman Mailer published a hodgepodge of fiction and autobiography under the title Advertisements for Myself. In any case, windy self-advertisement became more and more popular in the years that followed. Said John Lennon at the peak of the Beatles' popularity: "We're more popular than Jesus Christ now." Said Heavyweight Boxer Muhammad Ali, in a typical flight: "It ain't no accident that I'm the greatest man in the world at this time in history." The same period at last produced an intellectual model for publicly saluting...
...child murders in Atlanta--which baffled authorities throughout the year--by wearing green ribbons to demonstrate solidarity with the people of that southern city. The Atlanta problem symbolized a nationwide concern over a perceived growth in American violence, and the theme was punctuated by the shootings of Beatle John Lennon and President Reagan...
While more than 1000 people gathered for a candlelight vigil at the Boston Common, fans scrawled "Lennon Lives" on several Cambridge buildings and Harvard Square merchants set up makeshift shrines in their front windows to eulogize Lennon, who was shot and killed in front of his New York City apartment building on December...
...current confrontation between Israel and Syria when he received news of the attack. Wynn, who was in Manila in 1970 when a knife-wielding Bolivian fanatic lunged at Pope Paul VI, hurried back to Rome to cover his second attempted papal assassination. "In the wake of the Lennon killing and the Reagan shooting, this attack looks like part of a chain reaction of violence," says Wynn. "One such highly publicized event seems to put the idea in yet another assassin's mind." Joining Wynn and Kalb was Bonn Bureau Chief Roland Flamini, a Vatican hand of long experience...
...only Popes, Presidents and Prime Ministers who feel threatened. Since John Lennon's murder, entertainers have an increased sense of vulnerability. Businessmen worry about kidnapings-of their families if not themselves. The result is a boom time for firms that discreetly offer protection at a price. These security firms offer little information on who their clients are and how they protect them. Some means are obvious: guard dogs, electronic sensors and scanners, highly trained chauffeurs driving armor-plated limousines...