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Walt Rostow, Johnson's National Security Adviser, last week scoffed at the assertions. Former Secretary of State Dean Rusk called the account "utter nonsense." Jack Valenti, a loyal friend who served Johnson in the White House for three years, suggested that almost anything written about Johnson, including Goodwin's story, was true at one time or another. "He was the same as Lincoln, Napoleon, Churchill and other notable leaders," Valenti retorted. "He was an elemental force. He was eccentric. He used words and body language as weapons. He kept people off guard. But he knew what he was doing...
...networks to the less watched numbers at the high end of the dial -- "cable Siberia," as some call it. Viewers have little recourse against such moves because in most communities there is only one cable company to choose from. "There is only one funnel to the TV home," Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture Association of America, told a House telecommunications subcommittee hearing. "If you are unhappy with your cable system, you have no forum where your grievance can be addressed . . . You either...
...hits was aimed primarily at the youth market. Nor are films with brand names for teens guaranteed success: John Hughes' youth parables have lost some of their box-office luster, and the four films produced last year by Steven Spielberg were financial fizzles. Says MPAA President Jack Valenti: "The movie world no longer need be girdled round by boundaries set $ by the very young." Which is not to say that movies are better than ever -- only that, for the moment, Porky's is passe, and old is gold...
...exhibit its full zest."The East Village" celebrates invention and the kind of creativity that is uninhibited by the fine points of technique, and it presents, in one humongous Day-Glo capsule, the liveliest fashion scene in the country. Some of the designers' names --including Susan Backus, Keni Valenti and Bayard--may pop up some day soon in more commercial settings. The show as a whole may or may not be a barometer of where street-savvy American fashion is headed, but downtown is the direction to go for spirit, smarts and a little by-the-way hilarity...
...Only four more awards to Jack Valenti--so get ready," warned CoHost Robin Williams in a small jab at the head of the Motion Picture Association. Cher, whose sense of humor can only be described as epic, wore a giant feather headdress--and not a great deal more--to present one award. "As you can see," she said, "I did receive my academy booklet on how to dress as a serious actress...