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...long after his creative peak, Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize. By that time, he was writing sentimental elegies to the American character like Travels with Charley and America and Americans. His last novel of any consequence, East of Eden, had been published over a decade earlier, and his most popular one, The Grapes of Wrath, preceded the prize by 35 years. In his last years, he grew increasingly reflective, feeling himself more and more a failure: "I consider the body of my work and I do not find it good. I'm not the young writer of promise anymore...
...look whose picture's on the telly. If that's not Charley from the butchers, I'll stand you a pint." If Charley it is, chances are he'll wish he'd stuck to grinding hamburger. That is, if the viewer rings up the number flashed on the screen. The Charleys who appear on this London television show, Police 5, are wanted by Scotland Yard. Sitting-room sleuths see replicas of stolen property and real-life crimes re-enacted on their screens, and they are invited to phone in ideas...
...Charley Chaprales, co-manager of One Potato, Two Potato, the restaurant and lounge which will open February in the 1274 Mass. Ave. space vacated by La Crepe, said yesterday that the previous restaurant went bankrupt as a result of poor management...
Part of what is hobbling Joe is his team. As recently as last year, Namath's spot in the passing pocket was secure. No more. He has been sacked more often than any other quarterback. The Jets are also dead last in defense. Furthermore, Coach Charley Winner has made almost no moves to vary his offense or bring along a back-up quarterback. So Joe is out there Sunday after Sunday, limping for his life. "I'd like to say it can't get any worse," he says, "but I am not really sure...
...years Springsteen crisscrossed the country, enlarging his following with galvanic concerts. Early last year, playing a small bar called Charley's in Cambridge, Mass., he picked up an important new fan. Jon Landau, a Rolling Stone editor, had reviewed Bruce's second album favorably for a local paper, and Charley's put the notice in the window. Landau remembers arriving at the club and seeing Springsteen hugging himself in the cold and reading the review. A few weeks later, Landau wrote, "I saw the rock and roll future and its name is Springsteen...