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Before he left Washington, there was a warmup for the foreign policy debate that will soon take center stage. President Anwar Sadat of Egypt arrived in Washington, the first in a series of postvacation Middle Eastern visitors who will include Israel's Prime Minister Menachem Begin, Jordan's King Hussein and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Fahd. Sadat was met on the White House lawn with great flourish: herald trumpeters played an original composition called A Salute for a New Beginning, and Reagan called the Egyptian "a man whom history will undoubtedly label one of the 20th...
Unreal or not, people are now bowling to the Beatles, Frisbeeing while learning French, skiing to Shostakovich and jogging to Jagger. The thin wires of the headsets uncoil from Brooks Brothers blazers and Gucci bags, as well as from bib overalls and warmup suits. Commuters, pitchers in bull pens, shoppers hovering over the meat counter and sunbathers soaking up rays are tuning in by the millions. In Houston, prospective buyers of the Sony Walkman, the original device that touched off the craze last year, must sign up for at least a 60-day wait at major audio outlets...
...linksters next face Holy Cross and Williams Thursday on the Pleasant Valley course. The match is their last warmup before the Ivy League tournament this weekend, hosted by Princeton...
When Ted Kennedy wanted a hot warmup act for his appearance at a pre-convention fund raiser, he whistled for Lauren Bacall. He got fireworks. As host of "Broadway for Kennedy" at the Shubert Theater, Bacall sauntered onstage to cheers and let loose some sizzlers: "They tell us that the convention is all sewed up, but these are the same people who told us that Gerald Ford would be Ronald Reagan's Vice President and that Chrysler stock is a good buy. As far as I'm concerned, the only thing that should be sewed up is Brother...
...with Soviet coaches and challenges from younger men. In one of the week's more dramatic moments, Alexeyev tried for his third Olympic title, and what would have been a startling comeback. With his permission, TIME Associate Editor BJ. Phillips became the first journalist ever allowed into the warmup room during Olympic weight-lifting competition. Her report...