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The dig-in against rig-ins began in 1979 with the chance remark of an Illinois paving contractor. He told a federal investigator looking into alleged bidding improprieties, "If you think it's bad here, you ought to see it in Tennessee." The Justice Department made haste to do...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paved with Bad Intentions | 9/5/1983 | See Source »

Drive-Ins Decline

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 29, 1983 | 8/29/1983 | See Source »

I assume the writer of "Dark Clouds over the Drive-Ins" [Aug. 8] has not been to an outdoor movie in the past few years. No parent would take his child to see the trash being shown. And no adult in his right mind would want to go either. There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 29, 1983 | 8/29/1983 | See Source »

Like the poodle skirt, bobby-sox and d.a. haircuts, drive-ins are a thing of the past. To try to revive them now would be like restoring Grandma's radio in place of the TV.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 29, 1983 | 8/29/1983 | See Source »

In Texas, drive-ins are not only surviving but thriving. One of the most popular features in the Dallas Times Herald is "Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In," a tongue-in-cheek guide to what is playing under the stars. Writing from the redneck's point of view...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Dark Clouds over the Drive-ins | 8/8/1983 | See Source »

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