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...Watch for Falling Rocks...
...your story about the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, "Putting Trivia Ahead of Safety" [May 3]: On a recent visit to our city hall, I noticed a small rock, placed for decorative purposes on a ledge above a doorway. Over it was a sign proclaiming: WATCH FOR FALLING ROCKS...
Easy Jokes. Reagan was better at striking sparks. Displaying increasing confidence and elan, he campaigned in Kentucky and Idaho before moving on to Michigan. The jokes came easily. Asked for the umpteenth time about his position on the Panama Canal, he quipped: "If they don't watch out, I'll come out and start defending the Erie Canal." In keeping with his levity, his accompanying son Ron Jr., 17, sported a T shirt emblazoned with a caricature of Richard Nixon, wearing red, white and blue shoes and flashing a victory sign, and the joshing slogan "Perfectly clear-Nixon...
...soccer match. Following Coach John Young's instructions-"Make them run, then in the second half we'll break them open and score"-the Tornado won handily, 4-0, as Larry turned his nervousness into sparkling, speedy play. After the game, it was home to watch the pro Seattle Sounders on TV. The only missing element in the otherwise perfect day: Grandma Irene, 78, was off in Portland, Ore., unable to use all her persuasive powers to move people out of her view of the field as she has been known...
Television people often describe their news, defensively, as a supplement to print. It is more than that, and print purists who feel no need to watch television news regularly are victims of complacent ignorance. They may complain that television's brief glimpses of public figures emphasize personality over substance, which is true; yet, particularly in moments of stress, character does come through onscreen. By simply reading about Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan or John Connally, would anyone have the vivid sense of these men that so many Americans now have? This is what television news does best. The question...