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After a final song by Ann-Margret -whom one wag nominated for a special award, "Best Body on an Adult" -the winners and losers moved on to the Beverly Hilton for some salmon mousse and fillet. Just as they were sitting down in their gowns and tuxedos, an equally elegant bunch was drifting out of Manhattan's Tavern on the Green, where Superagent Irving ("Swifty") Lazar had invited 200 of his closest friends-including Bianco Jagger, Truman Capote, Polly Bergen, Yul Brynner, Walter Cronkite and Lee Radziwill -to help him celebrate his 70th birthday and to watch the awards...
...moderate who fled to the waiting embrace of the Democrats in 1973 is Michigan Congressman Donald Riegle. He felt that his faction of the party no longer had any influence. "We were like the tail of the dog; we couldn't wag the dog." A Republican pondering whether to follow Riegle's example is Maryland's Charles Mathias (see box). Another moderate, Manhattan Lawyer Rita Hauser, former U.S. representative to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, complains: "We are viewed by the right wing as if we were lepers. I have nothing against conservatives, but they are not willing...
...Urban Development Secretary Carla Hills, 42. Commerce Secretary Elliot Richardson, 56, would deflect most Watergate-related attacks by virtue of his Saturday Night Massacre heroics. Treasury Secretary William Simon, 48, would draw attention to Ford's success with the economy and is a strong manager. Besides, cracked a wag during a meeting with Ford: "Simon's perfect; he's a Catholic with a Jewish name...
...after another, those scandalous stories have made recent headlines. Carswell and Walker have yet to reply formally to the charges other than to indicate their innocence. But both Wag-gonner and Howe have raised a troubling issue by making a counterallega-tion against the police. They claim they did nothing wrong and were subjected to attempted entrapment-the legal principle that can bar a conviction if law-enforcement officials have incited or enticed an individual to commit a crime...
...wag remarked once the game was over...