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...Radio Personality Paul Harvey pulls down $25,000. Jeane Kirkpatrick doubled her fee to $20,000 after she became a Republican. Seer Jeane Dixon can conjure up $7,000 but donates all fees to charity. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger goes for $18,000; his former boss, Richard Nixon, could command $25,000 but speaks for free. "The fees," says Speaker Agent Carleton Sedgeley, "simply follow the laws of supply and demand...
...told a news conference in Havana that Vesco arrived in Cuba three years ago seeking medical treatment for an unknown ailment. He is wanted in the U.S. in connection with a $224 million fraud case involving Investors Overseas Services Ltd. and for allegedly making an illegal contribution to Richard Nixon's 1972 presidential reelection campaign...
...their term as Reds teammates in the late '70s is of a doubleheader: "Pete had a terrible day, a miserable day, at third base. Leaving the park late after the second game, I heard the cracking of a bat and went back out on the field to see Russ Nixon [a coach then] hitting grounders to him at third. I watched from the shadows for a while. That's Pete to me." Knowing Rose's determination, some opponents marshal their best skills especially for him, and they are his favorites. "Do you know what [Houston's] Nolan Ryan told...
...common, in fact, that Reagan was not the only American leader reported last week to be afflicted with it. Former President Richard Nixon, it was revealed, underwent treatment two weeks ago to excise a basal-cell growth behind his left ear. In all, approximately 500,000 Americans a year develop skin cancer, and the overwhelming majority of these are basal-cell carcinomas, usually small, pearly nodules that sometimes become red, crusty lesions and appear most often on the face. "The sun is responsible for almost all of them," says Dr. Perry Robins, a New York University dermatologist and president...
...Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops were arrayed, and to kick things off they played some Fens faves like "Sweet Caroline." Then the rings were bore in from left field by wounded members of the military-real heroes, not the baseball kind. Later, after receiving his ring, Trot Nixon would make sure to go down the line in right and shake the hand of each of these men and women-one of the many small grace notes you could pick up on this...