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...euphoric Dobbs was the lion of Urbana for two days. Then the bottom dropped out. The Associated Press telephoned him to say that it had checked with the White House and found that Nixon had made no such call. Dobbs, who maintains that every inflection of the famous voice was perfectly clear, called Deputy Press Secretary Gerald Warren to confirm the report. No, Warren said, the President had not called, but added that Nixon did indeed thank him for his support. Further consolation came last week in the form of personal letters from both Richard and Pat. But the phantom...
...have it: Riggs parrots stinging lines for fast money and vast attention, and makes himself a victim of his own villainous cause. He played darling devil's dare to the Women's Cause, and set them up as its defenders. It's like the sneaky fox who sets Mama lion raging in her lair. The anti-hero teases the hero into vengeance. And so Billy Jean King, like any American hero, could do what she had to do with justice on her side...
...Sleeping Lion. Will he or won't he do it this season? In spring training, Aaron himself allowed that at best he had only an outside chance. At an age when most of his contemporaries are breaking into the insurance business or learning microphone manners, he confessed that "I can't play every day anymore. It's not that you get tired, but your body just doesn't come back as fast as it did. You think you can swing the bat, but you're just a fraction off. The balls you used...
Once the season began, opposing pitchers felt as though they had awakened a sleeping lion. Though he has sat out 39 games so far this season, Aaron has been belting the ball as if a time machine had somehow subtracted ten birthdays. As of last week, the man who said that he would be satisfied with 30 home runs this year already had 37−the fourth highest total in the majors. Going into the 1973 season, Aaron was averaging one home run for every 16 at-bats. Now he is hitting one round-tripper every nine times he goes...
...Garbage. She also has a career itinerary in mind. From the beginning, Hutton has wanted to be an actress. Some of her contemporaries -Cybill Shepherd, Jennifer O'Neill, Ali MacGraw-have gone to Hollywood. Ironically, Hutton began a film career before any of them. Starting with Paper Lion in 1968, she went on to make three other mediocre films. But her career fizzled when she turned down other offers ("Some garbage you just can't eat") and got a reputation for being difficult. She also got depressed about her future. Often she is compared...