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...inquisitions were broadcast on WBZ-TV. "The intent was not to humiliate," insisted News Director Stan Hopkins, but the effect was precisely that. Hartley and Democratic Congressman Edward Markey could not identify the Prime Minister of Israel (Yitzhak Shamir). Markey came close: he guessed Moshe Arens, who is the Defense Minister. Bartley alone failed to get the name of Syria's President (Hafez Assad). Republican Elliot Richardson, a former Secretary of Defense, estimated the military's share of the budget (28%) at just 7.5%. All seven Democrats were stumped by the toughest questions they were asked: the amount...
...trips to the ballpark. Two octagenarians sitting in front of me compare Pete Rose, on the field running but not playing for the Expos, with George Sisler, who played for the St. Louis Browns in the '20 s. And I had always considered such '50 s luminaries as Stan Musial and Ted Williams the cream of the crop. I bowed to their 120 cumulative years of baseball knowledge...
...Stan Coveleski...
...meticulous selection process bore fruit. Most observers agree with Hockey Historian Stan Fischler, who says, "There has never been such talent on a U.S. team as this year. And they are every bit as well coached as in '80. Vairo can match [former Head Coach] Herb Brooks at the blueprint table, and then top him with psychological motivation." Says Ken Morrow, an '80 alumnus who now plays dogged defense for the New York Islanders: "The 1984 team is more talented than we were, in speed, skating skill, stick handling and goal tending...
...Yosh and Stan Shmenge: Power to the Punk People (Polka) (Yelte Velton). Actually, Eugene Levy and John Candy, two grandmasters of comedy from SCTV, doing some memorable demolition work on excesses of the video genre. The Shmenges are a couple of accordion yankers whose attempts to go current have the impact of Lawrence Welk playing a guest set with the Grateful Dead...