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After dropping two of her first five touches to Loretta Jeffries, the only Rhode Island fencer who moved back and forth on the balls of her feet rather than clomping up and down like a flat-footed Frankenstein, Lowry captured 18 of her last 19 points in winning all four of her bouts...
...easy to diagnose such nominal absurdity, but plainly it is epidemic. Already the name thing has inspired the publication of whole books that purport to plumb the "psychological vibrations" of personal names. Dawn and Loretta and Candy are supposed to be sexy, according to Christopher Andersen's The Name Game, and Bart and Mac and Nate are macho. Humphrey is sedentary; so much for Bogart. Anyway Americans have not needed any tracts or theories to get them lunging after catchy handles. One Phoenix mother recently branded her new baby girl with the unforgettable sobriquet Equal Rights Amendment...
...Carter on the campaign trail, including Tennessee's Charlie Daniels. "When I was broke and didn't have any money for my campaign," recalled Jimmy, "Charlie Daniels gave a benefit performance for me. I might not be President today without his help." Nor without that of Loretta Lynn, who last week launched into a First Family favorite, How Great Thou Art, after announcing: "Rosy, this is for you and Jimmy." Carter told the crowd he often "turns to country music to remind me of my home, my roots. It's a stabilizing force in my life...
High-income freelancers are as scarce as generous magazines. The median annual earnings of the 500 established writers of the American Society of Journalists and Authors was a modest $10,000 when they were last polled two years ago. Loretta Schwartz's articles for Philadelphia have won her a wailful of journalism awards-and an annual income of less than $7,500. Says Catherine Breslin, a now successful New York City writer who made $800 in 1975: "A freelancer lives at the end of a sawed-off limb...
...Please Mr. Please," Olivia demonstrates her ability as a country singer. Although she won't make you forget Loretta Lynn, Olivia's version earned her the 1975 Country Music Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. "Please Mr. Please" explores the pain of a recent break-up, a pain that is exacerbated by hitting the B-17 combination on the juke box that plays the estranged couple's favorite song...