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...respondents were men; 37% were women. Among the findings: 51% of the women polled said they think about money more often than sex, in contrast to only 27% of the men. One sobering statistic: nearly one-third of all women said they enjoy money more than sex; a mere 26% favored sex. Men had decidedly different priorities: 47% voted for sex, while only 16% of them opted for money...
...successfully blend his procapitalist ideological toughness with an informed shrewdness about Soviet stratagems. "He's been preparing for this for 25 years," says ex-Aide Michael Deaver, who is helping with summit public relations. One prepper goes so far as to label Reagan's elaborately prepared briefing materials as mere "refresher reading." Still, sighs one Sovietologist, "let's face it. He's starting from such a low base that any knowledge would be an improvement." Reagan is so supremely confident of his ability to persuade the Soviets of the virtues of the American way that he is not troubling himself...
...sportswriters called him the Brown Bomber, the Dark Destroyer, the Sepia Slugger, the Mahogany Maimer, the Chocolate Chopper, the Tan Tarzan of Thump. These were far more than sobriquets. As Chris Mead observes in his enlightening biography, Champion, Heavyweight Joe Louis Barrow could never be a mere titleholder. He was always an emblem...
Branding, like ballet, becomes poetry in motion, a slick sequence of moves that turn a mere job into an art form. Whether breaking broncs or chasing wild cows across cedar-infested slopes, punching cows demands courage, precision and a certain élan. Ross Knox understands the cowboy's art. So does fellow Poet Georgie Sicking...
TransAfrica is now on a far sounder footing (this year's budget: $400,000), and Robinson's thoughts go beyond mere survival. He sees his witness against apartheid as a fight for U.S. blacks as well. "For black Americans, a response to South Africa is a response to them," he says. "This is a test of our own democracy." Next on his agenda: deploying pickets against IBM, General Motors, Ford and other major U.S. corporations that do business with South Africa. Says Robinson: "They are providing the legs on which this monster walks." --By John S. DeMott. Reported by Hays...