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Until the Washington Post ran a routine story recently on the marriage of Post Watergate Sleuth Bob Woodward to Fort Worth Star-Telegram Reporter Francine Barnard, the magic names of Woodward and Partner Carl Bernstein had been suspiciously absent from the paper. Their familiar double byline has not appeared in the Post since September, and they have been missing from the talk-show circuit...
...Woodward appears equally insouciant about wealth. He bought a house near Georgetown for a price in six figures and picked up a new BMW Bavaria to replace the aging VW Karmann-Ghia in which the two did their nocturnal Watergate investigating. The two reporters share a financial adviser, have sunk large sums into tax-exempt municipal bonds, and are worried about their tax bill. They have each earned about $1 million in the past year...
...indeed gone underground. Requests for interviews are being declined, and Woodward said recently: "We've dropped out." Woodward, 31, and Bernstein, 30, have had their troubles coping with sudden fame. As a friend explained their new reticence: "People were always asking them for big public-policy statements. They don't want to be pundits." Adds Post Executive Editor Ben Bradlee: "They're journalists, and they're not journalisting when they get distracted by other reporters...
NONFICTION 1 -All Things Bright and Beautiful, Herriof H; 2-A Bridge Too Far, Ryan (2) 3-Tales of Power, Cosfanedo (3) 4-The Memory Book, Lorayne & Lucas(5) 5-All the President's Men, Bernstein & Woodward (4) 6-More Joy, Comfort (7) 7-The Palace Guard, Rather & Gates (9) 8-The Woman He Loved, Martin (6) 9-Cavett, Cavett & Porterfield (8) 10-The Bermuda Triangle, Berlitz...
Married. Bob Woodward, 31, Washington Post's investigative Watergate reporter; and Frances Barnard, 28, reporter for the Fort Worth Star Telegram; both for the second tune; in Washington, D.C. Woodward's enterprising colleague, Carl Bernstein, who only learned of the secret marriage with an hour to spare, provided boutonnieres niched from a hotel flowerpot. ∎ Died. Cornelius Ryan, 54, bestselling chronicler of World War II (The Longest Day, The Last Battle, A Bridge Too Far); of cancer; in Manhattan. Born in Dublin, Ryan studied the violin at the Irish Academy of Music before becoming a war correspondent...