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Reeve, who is fast on his way to becoming the all-American hero, recalls just about all the American screen-gods of the past--from ex-Superman to heir of the Rhett Butler tradition of Southern seduction. He also knows...
...most passionate competitor on the entire team may be a swimmer, Rick Carey, 21, the University of Texas junior, academic all-American, computer whiz and sore loser. "Rick not only hates to lose, he hates to go slow," says Coach John Collins of the Badger Swim Club in Larchmont, N. Y. "It's like he has a devil over his shoulder who drives him to go fast." Carey seems to have put behind him his notorious goggle-throwing days. But then, he has not had much occasion for temper lately. He is the world-record holder in both...
...Soviet bosses, urging talks on the subjects of superpower tension. At the White House, during a dinner for the diplomatic corps, Dobrynin was served some of Bob Herdman's boneless strip sirloin barbecue, pinquito beans, salsa, marinated artichoke hearts and toasted, buttered sourdough bread. Dobrynin got an all-American message: good fellowship with peppers...
Then it was top seed Maine, the host of the regional and three-time defending champions. Then it was All-American Billy Swifton the mound, who entered the game with a 0.52 ERA and had struck out 16 in his last appearance. And it looked like the Crimson had done it again...
...Americana. Norman Rockwell might have painted the town's Main Street and the faces of the folks who stroll down it on this peaceful Christmas Eve. Frank Capra, Hollywood's master of sweet-and-sour sentimentality, could smile at the plight of Billy Peltzer (Zach Galligan), the all-American boy who supports his family with a job at the Kingston Falls Bank and wins respect by standing up to the filthy-rich Mrs. Deagle (Polly Holliday). Preston Sturges, the movies' screw-bailer supreme, would have appreciated Billy's dad Rand (Hoyt Axton), an absent-minded inventor...