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...started in the cheap seats at New York City's Ebbets Field watching the old Brooklyn Dodgers. When the team moved to Los Angeles, Actor-Comedian Danny Kaye went to the box seats and became one of the staunchest rooters in Chavez Ravine. But come spring, Kaye, 63, will be doing his cheering in Seattle, where he and five local businessmen have just bought the American League's newest major league franchise for $5.5 million. Will Danny have any playing tips for his yet unnamed team? Hardly, considering his own boyhood performance at the plate. "Mondays, Wednesdays...
Made from a cactus-like succulent grown in volcanic soil near the town of Tequila in Jalisco, tequila was probably the first distilled liquor in America; it was an Aztec tipple. Today its staunchest U.S. aficionados are in the West, where generations of visitors to Baja California have knocked back the musty-smelling liquor for a few cents a glass. It is no cheap shot north of the border; prized brands like José Cuervo 1800 and Sauza Conmemorativo sell for $10 to $11 a fifth. Nonetheless, at outlets such as Liquor Castle in Beverly Hills, which sells 20 cases...
...fact is the feisty Alabamian is working hard to overhaul his image. Earlier in the week he vowed that 1976 "will be my last campaign"-unless, of course, he is campaigning for re-election to the presidency in 1980, an eventuality that strikes everybody but Wallace and his staunchest supporters as inconceivable. Accordingly, Wallace is modifying his style and some-but by no means all -of his themes...
...with just a handful of U.S. observers, some of them civilians. Congress has always been exceedingly partial to the Israelis, but it might be wary of this dubious proposal. "Let the Israelis do any intelligence gathering that may be necessary," said Senator Henry Jackson, one of Israel's staunchest friends. "I don't want Americans there." But should Congress reject the provision, warns one Israeli official, "no presence, no pact...
...July 24 vote on aid to Turkey [Aug. 4], the House allowed 223 political naivniks at one blow to usurp foreign policy prerogatives of President and Senate, gravely impair the defense postures of both NATO and the U.S., drive away our staunchest ally, and seriously reduce the potential warning time that may literally spell life or death for millions of Americans in event of nuclear...