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...knock the heck out of a lot of people, but my good judgement and size hold me back. Instead I use my imagination and let the sailor do the scrapping." Of course, Popeye never used force unjustifiably. "Treat ever' body right and if they steps on ya, sock 'em!" was his motto. The comic strip did not glorify but rather burlesqued violence, turning it into slapstick. He became and remains an incongrous folk hero--a cross between one of the Stooges and Superman...
...President himself. There are other problems. Jimmy Carter had his moment of glory when he personally negotiated the Camp David Middle East agreement, but now the parties want regular presidential participation, something that cannot and should not be. Lisagor's rule for constraining excessive presidential travel: "Make 'em fly Allegheny...
...that he can thank Johnson. After the production of dozens of planes, the U-2 assembly line was shut down in 1969. Ordinarily the millions of dollars in tools, dies and jigs for crafting the planes would have been scrapped. But Johnson had a premonition. "I hid 'em away in four different places," he recalls. "Put them in Cosmoline [a greasy preservative] just in case we'd ever get a rainy...
Despite their success, neither man is in business to lose money, and both were appalled at their problems with Starsky and Hutch, a shoot-'em-up centered on two offbeat policemen. Their lawyer, William Hayes, 59, repeatedly asked ABC to help them out. ABC made additional payments, and then refused to give another dollar. According to the D.A.'s report, Hayes says that former ABC Vice President George Reeves told him: "No, I can't help you. Don't even come ask me, because everybody here has had it up to their ears with Starsky...
...stands in at 6-ft., 5-in., and weighs 205 pounds. He swishes 'em from 25 feet. He finger rolls 'em in close. He leaps, he floats, and floats, and floats. He rebounds, dribbles, passes and steals. They call him "The American Express." And after the performance of Russell "Boo" Bowers at the IAB Saturday night, you can bet American University head coach Gary Williams never leaves home without...