Word: telegramming
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Richard Connor, publisher of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, recently charged that Perot in effect tried to blackmail him back in 1989 after the paper ran articles critical of his son's management of the airport. Perot angrily suggested in a phone conversation, according to Connor, that he possessed compromising photographs of a newspaper employee and a city official. Perot acknowledges that he did talk with the publisher, but denies any hint of blackmail or mention of compromising photos...
...dithering over whether to make the Rio trip only underscores his image as indecisive. Bush wants to go but is hemmed in by conservatives who believe that U.S. participation in such global parleys undercuts American power. Buchanan called on Bush to forgo the Rio meeting and instead "send a telegram" to the conferees explaining that the U.S. would not "yield one iota of our sovereignty to these global parasites...
...them see an earnest commercial in which actor James Earl Jones urges President Bush to make a vital trip to Brazil this June. People who want to deliver the same message directly to the White House can call an 800 number and for $6.95 send a personalized "Earth Telegram" to Washington...
Gordon Verrell, who covers the Dodgers for the Long Beach Press-Telegram, recalled some loud crowds at usually laid-back Dodger Stadium. They were in 1980 when the Dodgers began a three-game series needing a sweep to tie the Astros and force a one-game playoff...
...long after getting fired from her last, unfinished movie, Marilyn Monroe sent a telegram to Robert Kennedy. In it she declined an invitation to visit the Kennedy clan, making an odd, wistful joke by way of explanation. She was too busy "protesting the loss of minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars," Monroe said. "All we demanded was our right to twinkle...