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...figure a guy who drives a Chevrolet can give more than a guy who walks, and a guy who drives a sports car can give more than the one in the Chevy," Peebles said...

Author: By Michael E. Kinsley, | Title: Seniors' Generosity To Harvard Soars | 4/15/1971 | See Source »

Other top U.S. drivers suffered different misfortunes. Al Unser, winner of last year's Indianapolis 500, had to drop out when his Lola-Chevrolet developed oil pressure problems. A.J. Foyt drove a McLaren-Chevrolet until the motor quit. Follmer's Lotus-Ford suffered a broken rocker arm. British Driver Derek Bell, for one, regarded the U.S. cars as so much clutter. "It's frustrating," he groused, "for a Formula One driver to wait...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: One + A = Mismatch | 4/12/1971 | See Source »

Andretti snaked around the 3.2-mile course at an average speed of 109 m.p.h., fought his way past tenacious Mark Donohue in a Formula A Lola-Chevrolet and then closed on the leader, Scotland's Jackie Stewart. Executing a neat passing maneuver on the 31st lap, he gunned by Stewart's blue Tyrrell-Ford and won going away. The second heat was more of the same as Andretti bested Stewart by a 12.3-sec. margin. After accepting his $39,400 winner's prize, Andretti suggested that the U.S. Formula A team could take some consolation from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: One + A = Mismatch | 4/12/1971 | See Source »

...champion, Frazier finds his peace in cars and music. His new $125,000 home in suburban Philadelphia has a six-car garage, and Joe has a machine for each space?a souped-up Corvette, a golden Coupe deVille, a 1934 Chevrolet, a Cadillac limousine, a Chevy station wagon and a $4,700 Harley-Davidson motorcycle that he guns down country roads at upwards of 100 m.p.h. (lest something happen to their prize property, Cloverlay has declared the cycle off limits until after the fight). When not tinkering with his cars, Joe is scratching at his guitar. As the lead singer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bull v. Butterfly: A Clash of Champions | 3/8/1971 | See Source »

...before entering politics. It was what he had been waiting for. He was the only one of his father's three sons who chose to follow him, and he made his decision early. In 1948, when he was 17, young Adlai chauffeured the older Stevenson-in a battered Chevrolet-along the campaign trail. In good political form, however, he now disclaims presidential ambitions for himself. But he adds: "I do have a son coming along. Adlai the Next we call him, and I wouldn't mind seeing him President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Illinois' Adlai Stevenson | 11/16/1970 | See Source »

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