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...because of his American reputation for skillfully playing the buffoon to celebrities and near-celebrities on talk show programs. But this was the Frost of the old BBC "That Was the Week That Was," and obviously he had done a lot of homework and he did his best to nail Nixon. But he didn't have to. Nixon nailed himself...

Author: By Joseph Dalton, | Title: Three More Weeks | 5/9/1977 | See Source »

...talking here about the well-established publishing world--wanted to know about Patricia Hearst's closet sex life and continual menstrual cycle. (The California papers followed this latter issue quite closely and the ever-staid New York Times devoted several columns in its Sunday magazine to the constant period, nail polish and diet of this heiress-turned-urban-guerilla-turned-heiress-again...

Author: By Margaret A. Shapiro, | Title: Immaculate of History, Innocent of Politics | 5/2/1977 | See Source »

After Rabin's speech, Peres moved decisively to nail down the Labor Party nomination for Premier that he had twice lost by narrow margins. "I knew I had the support of the party," said Peres, but he had to prove as much to Foreign Minister Yigal Allon, 58. That involved argument, cajolement and, in the end, tough political bargaining. Only hours before the decisive meeting of the Labor Party's central committee, Allon finally agreed not to fight Peres for the top post. Peres in turn announced that the Foreign Minister would be Labor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Peres: A Test of Nerves | 4/25/1977 | See Source »

...innings it looked like the Greater Boston League opener would be as big a nail-biter as the Red Sox-Indians premier last Thursday. But in the top of the seventh, with Harvard on top 3-2, the batmen put the game away for keeps...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Crimson Batters Bomb B.C. Bagmen, 11-2 | 4/12/1977 | See Source »

...they knew way too much--it was boring correcting their papers. Feel sorry for us? Well, you shouldn't, because most of the answers we received were weird enough to challenge a Ray Stevens number. Let's check some of them out (the names have remained the same to nail the innocent...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: 'Disk Frisk' Entries More Bizarre Than Questions | 1/26/1977 | See Source »

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