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...central figure in as classic an American folktale as any horse opera. To his admirers he is the very epitome of the Good Guy, fighting to make the U.S. fit for Decent Folks. To his critics he is the personification of the Bad Guy, shooting first and answering questions afterward. In traveling the California trail, he faced not only a direct shoot-it-out with Rocky, but passed through close-call ambushes from the pollsters and the press, which raised about him an aura of defeat...
...simply trying to help Weiner by scaring away the gang. Later Lar ry said bitterly: "I'm scared of my life up here in New York. It's safer in Mississippi." In any event, his ruse worked and the gang fled. A dozen of them were arrested afterward and charged with crimes ranging from malicious mis chief to assault and robbery...
...years." But the biggest thrill came during a birthday appearance on the Senate floor. After eulogies from no fewer than 25 Senators plus a standing ovation, H.S.T. stammered: "I'm so overcome. This is one of the greatest things that has happened to me in my whole life." Afterward he was still touched. "If they had cussed me out, I would have known what...
...Shortly afterward, another fair-bound train stopped in the station, and again a bunch of demonstrators wedged themselves in the doorways to keep the train from starting. This time a flying squad of Transit Authority police, some of them Negro, barreled to the rescue. The protesters refused to budge. The cops hauled them out one by one. Some of the demonstrators, several of whom were white, began fighting back. Billy-clubs began swinging, and before long some of the demonstrators were nursing bloodied heads. In all, 23 of them were carried off to jail...
Debutante Fernanda, in a fresh Nassau tan, a blue dress and a double strand of pearls, told reporters afterward that she had something more important to think about: the offer of a four-year movie contract from Producer Kevin McClory, beginning with the next James Bond thriller. "Frankly," confessed Fernanda, "I'm still toying with the idea. I guess a lot of girls would be excited. But at this point, I'm really not." She hadn't been very excited about her old job, either. "I never really had any enthusiasm for deb parties. I really didn...