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...place in history is an argument that nobody can win in the foreseeable future, so Nixon is probably destined to spend years as a kind of Ancient Mariner, plucking at the lapels of passers-by and trying to explain his strange story. But there are other, more pleasant sides to an ex-President's life. One of Nixon's reasons for moving from California to New York in 1980 was to be nearer his daughters. Tricia lives in Manhattan with her lawyer-husband Edward Cox; Julie in Berwyn, Pa., with her husband David Eisenhower, who is writing...
...appealing collection of young American gymnasts, most stirringly Mary Lou Retton but also some wondrous men for a change, have given the Olympic Games what they wait for every four years?and sometimes eight?the gift of renewed youth. Last week in Los Angeles, a pretty and pleasant time, occasionally even captivating, the U.S. began swimmingly against most of the world, less the Soviets and East Germans of course, maybe too successfully for some tastes. After so many choruses of our national anthem and chants of "U.S.A.!," the impulse might be to wish for someone else to win, just...
...gets all this, but he also gets something else--one of the most pleasant surprises of the season. Unlike the current generation of hardcore records--including Husker Du's own, Land Speed Records--Zen Arcade successfully captures the spontaneity and the furious inspiration of an unpolished live recording, without becoming too bogged down by technical deficiencies...
Waiting is difficult for children. They have not yet developed an experienced relationship with time and its durations: "Are we there yet, Daddy?" There can be pleasant, tingling waits, of course, full of fantasies, and they are often connected with children: the wait for the child to arrive in the first place, the wait for Christmas, for summer vacation. Children wait more intensely than adults do. Sheer anticipation makes their blood jump in a lovely...
...optimistic time for Walter Mondale. The bitter and exhausting primary campaign is a fading memory, and his coronation as Democratic presidential nominee is at hand. It is his golden chance to get the drive against Ronald Reagan off to a rousing start by performing crisply some of the normally pleasant rituals of leadership: selecting a running mate, pulling the party together for the fall campaign, writing the script for the convention that next week will surely hand him the nomination he has so long sought...