Word: robertson
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...North was on neither the football squad nor the basketball team (he did sit on the bench, though, as a basketball statistician). Instead, he took up a sport in which his determination could overcome his lack of natural skills: cross-country running. "He was a plugger," recalls Russell Robertson, North's coach. "His desire pushed his ability." Always the good soldier, North was willing to sacrifice individual glory for the sake of the team. "If we needed points and would get more by putting him on the relay team," says Robertson, "we could change him around. He was the type...
People still bring suits, though; prominent among them are cases involving public figures who should know exactly how arduous a battle they face. Televangelist Pat Robertson is in the early stages of a case brought against Representative Andrew Jacobs Jr. and former Representative Paul McCloskey Jr., who accused Robertson of evading combat during the Korean War by using the influence of his father, the late U.S. Senator A. Willis Robertson. The Milwaukee Journal is being sued by a former Democratic state representative, the Chicago Sun-Times by a former president of the city council, and WCCO-TV, the Minneapolis affiliate...
Whatever the odds, libel plaintiffs, especially public figures, often contend that suing is the only way to clear their reputations, that their denials will ring hollow unless accompanied by a court suit. "If I am elected President," says Robertson, "how could I ever order a young American into combat if the record is not absolutely clear that I never shirked military duty?" In other instances an embattled public official may calculate that litigation is the best way to discourage further damaging coverage. Inquirer Executive Editor Gene Roberts believes this is happening in Pennsylvania. Says he: "Public officials are using libel...
...destinations," while the Swiss National Tourist Office has mounted a $1 million publicity campaign that stresses Switzerland's "stability and tranquillity." A $3 million advertising blitz touting the pleasures of Greece includes a series of TV commercials, first aired last year, in which such all- American personalities as Cliff Robertson, Lloyd Bridges and Sally Struthers tell their compatriots, "I'm going home . . . to Greece...
...Times survey was conceived before the Miami Herald broke the news about Gary Hart's dalliance with Donna Rice, but it has become part of the debate about how far the press should go in reporting the private lives of public officials. Republican Candidate Pat Robertson flatly turned Whitney down, pointing out that he was "not applying for employment at the New York Times." Democratic Front Runner Jesse Jackson charged last week that the Times had not distinguished between what is public and what is private. Earlier, a Jackson aide had attempted to rally fellow Democratic candidates to reject...