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That pitiless gaze was focused on Nancy Reagan last week by Kitty Kelley, America's premier slash biographer. The resulting furor caused even some die- hard Nancy haters to feel a sympathetic twinge or two for the former First Lady. Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography (Simon & Schuster) went on sale across the nation just as newspapers and TV newscasts began to revel in the book's most sensational allegations. Many bookstores sold out their copies within hours. Aggrieved parties cried foul, Johnny Carson made jokes and guardians of journalistic integrity shook their heads. The New York Times, which trumpeted...
...paper's fevered push for national and international recognition has inevitably made local reporting something of a stepchild. Events far from home are sometimes covered with more energy and objectivity than those in the Times's own backyard. Last year, for instance, the Times made headlines nationwide when its premier profile writer, Bella Stumbo, quoted Washington Mayor Marion Barry making disparaging remarks about Jesse Jackson and threatening to cut off his political enemies "at the kneecaps." Yet a year earlier the paper was slow to run stories on Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley's questionable financial dealings...
...aspirations to serve my country." But hidden within these traditionalist sentiments, attributed to Zhu Haihong, a student studying in the U.S., was a subversive message. When the Chinese characters are read diagonally from upper right to lower left, a slap at the country's repressive and unpopular Premier becomes clear: Li Peng must step down to appease the people's anger. The secret slogan is the talk of Beijing. Meanwhile, enraged government officials have launched an investigation into the "political accident...
...play from both lines and both defensive pairs. Last weekend's stat, Alissi, shifted to the blue line where she was paired with classmate Beth Mess-more. The duo of Stickles and Walton, who is nursing a sternum injury, also did an excellent job of containing one of the premier offensive units in women's hockey...
Deadlines do tend to concentrate the mind. That would seem to be the hope of Robert Bourassa, Quebec's premier, who last week delivered a clear ultimatum to Canada: draw up, by the end of 1992, a new constitution that gives Quebec greater powers -- or the French-speaking province will vote on secession. Said Jean Allaire, head of the Quebec committee that drafted the challenge: "This proposal is the final and decisive test for Canada...