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...their time together, going off in the spring to ski at Vail (before they were married, she made him promise to learn) and every summer to fish at a primitive hunting camp on Lake Elsie, Ontario. At home in Washington, the Mondales live quietly-Joan has been known to shoo guests out of the house at 11:30 p.m. -and the Senator loves to preside over backyard barbecues. "He's a very good cook," Joan says, "and sometimes he bakes bread." Does she as well? "Me?" she asks in disbelief. "Fritz did not marry me to write his speeches...
...center. From the start, Ford and his strategists never took the Reagan challenge too seriously. As Betty Ford told Women's Wear Daily last week: "I can tell you they just sat back complacently, thinking that the President would be nominated, that it was sort of a shoo...
...avoid the growth of a personality cult around the man who could conceivably become Western Europe's first postwar Communist Premier. In fact, though, such a cult is growing as Berlinguer drives up and down Italy in a chauffeured Fiat, making major campaign appearances. Berlinguer himself is a shoo-in for the Chamber of Deputies; taking advantage of a curious election law, he is a candidate in three places: Rome, Venice and the mountain town of Avezzano in Abruzzi. Should he win all three, he would choose one -probably Rome-and pass on the remaining two to other Communists...
...York City's. "The day of the giveaway is over," said Moscone, 46. Said the conservative Barbagelata, 56: "New York was the shocker that woke up the silent majority in this city." With a 3-to-l edge in Democratic registration, Moscone should have been a shoo-in. Thanks to New York...
...seems, handled the family-hour nuisance most wisely. Its ratings have actually risen marginally, probably because its new shows are supported, sometimes fore and aft, with old favorites. The network also realized that 9 o'clock, when you rise to shoo the kids out of the living room, is the logical time to switch channels if you are ever going to. At that point ABC stands ready to present what the ratings indicate most Americans want-a quick fix of violence (five nights a week if you count N.F.L. football) or an old movie (on Friday and Sunday...