Word: patly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Reagan Administration foreign policy hard-liners as Elliott Abrams and Richard Perle, Commentator Patrick Buchanan, and even Sylvester Stallone (who taught at a girls' school in Switzerland while the Commies were being beastly to his fantasy alter ego John Rambo). A similar Quayle-like controversy also surrounds the Rev. Pat Robertson, whose father, a Senator, may have helped him avoid combat in Korea...
Once the drought ends, commercial traffic is likely to decrease again, but not necessarily to previous low levels. Says Pat Ross, an administrator of Tenn-Tom's Development Authority: "At least this experience will give new users a history of operating on the Tenn-Tom, and that's got to be good for our future...
...celebrities at the Atlanta convention appeared to be barely old enough to vote. But the more sedate stars in New Orleans may be concerned with a different issue: Social Security. Tom Selleck and Pat Boone were among the few under 60. Other visiting VIPs included Actress Helen Hayes, 87; Presidential Crony and Crooner Frank Sinatra, 72; Bandleader Lionel Hampton, 75; and Charlton Heston, 64. In keeping with the host city's culinary tastes, the kitchen at Heston's hotel prepared a little something for his arrival. The actor, who played a slave in Ben Hur, entered his room...
...Baker found he had the same problem getting Bush to give up in 1980, to withdraw from the presidential race in time to position himself as a vice-presidential candidate. Bush does not yield easily, something he proved in his scrappy comeback after finishing behind both Robert Dole and Pat Robertson in this year's Iowa caucuses...
Universal has tried to calm things down, inserting a disclaimer in the movie saying it is fiction and making Scorsese available for interviews stressing his religious sincerity. Yet the protest has taken on a life of its own. Virtually every televangelist, including Pat Robertson, has mentioned the film during appeals for money. A nonsectarian group called Concerned Women for America has asked all MCA stockholders to sell the company's stock on Sept. 15. And Mother Angelica, a nun who runs the nation's largest Catholic cable network, is calling on protesters to drive with their lights...