Word: patly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...resemblance he once bore to a boar. As a boy, Jackson was a bully with a gentle streak. At Auburn, he seemed as apt to persevere with a separated shoulder as to demur with a tender hamstring. "You wouldn't call him a gung- ho practice player," Coach Pat Dye recalls fondly. "I'm sure it was like work to him, but it never looked that way. Baseball thinks Rickey Henderson is fast. They're going to find out what speed is. Speed, size, grace, courage. He had everything you'd ever want in a football player...
...WHAT HAS to be one of the greatest political sleights of hand since Ronald Reagan promised to decrease taxes, increase spending, balance the budget all at the same time, the television evangelist Pat Robertson has declared that he is going to run for President. The good Reverend won't actually throw his frock into the political arena unless three million people indicate their support for him in the next year. Robertson has deftly avoided appearing too political while at the same time creating the beginnings of a populist "Draft Robertson" campaign...
Fervor--the very word is anathema to mainstream politicians. But, yes, Americans dig it. Pat Robertson knows that because his job is to get the holy to roll in the aisles. Tommy Walker and David Wolper know that, and all they did was create a gigantic celebration honoring an iron lady...
...strong supporter of Walter Mondale's presidential campaign, Larry Tisch has a keen interest in politics and an eclectic taste in politicians. He has recently been host at breakfasts for Representative Charles Rangel, a liberal Democrat from Harlem, and the Rev. Pat Robertson, the conservative preacher and presidential candidate. Says Richard Ravitch, chairman of New York City's Bowery Savings Bank and former head of New York's metropolitan transportation authority: "Most people who seek the White House seek his advice and ultimately his support." Tisch was instrumental in helping preserve the deductibility of state and local income taxes...
Starring this week in Grand Rapids: Chevy Chase, Pat Paulsen, Robert Klein, Art Buchwald, Mort Sahl, Mark Russell and Jerry Ford...