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...quarterback who had been literally buried by tacklers for two successive 3-11 seasons with the hapless New York Jets. Joe Willie Namath's departure for the Los Angeles Rams as a waived free agent was the exit not of a sun-kissed superstar, but of a tarnished jewel. The glory of the 1969 Super Bowl victory and his Broadway Joe image could still sell popcorn makers and aftershave lotion, but there was doubt that his near immobile legs-after five knee operations-could hold up for another year. Even his rifle arm seemed to be weakening: last season...
...time in the premier race for two-year-olds-earned him the Eclipse Award as the season's best juvenile colt. From a barn on the Belmont backside, he trained for his victories in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness. On the eve of the Belmont Stakes, the final jewel in the Triple Crown, Owner Mickey Taylor said: "This is our gym. Slew has the home-court advantage." Last week Seattle Slew galloped around his gym and came home breezing, the tenth winner of the Triple Crown and the first undefeated Crown Champion in American racing history...
...presumably affluent moviegoers who could say two hours later that yes, they had attended the Boston premiere of the prospective Box Office Smash of 1977, Star Wars. So this is how a big commercial film presents itself to the public these days, I mused. No sky-scanning spotlights, no jewel-bedecked starlets traipsing out of glossy limos, no obligatory horde of autograph hounds hanging out their tongues in anticipation of the next celebrity to step out of a chauffered car onto the theater sidewalk. Just a lot of regular folks ready and willing to sweat out the wait and shell...
...younger generation raised on sweet cola drinks. Sun Rise contains 46% chicory, a nutty-flavored herb long used in Europe and the U.S. South to "stretch" coffee, and at $2.88 per 8-oz. jar, it costs less than the company's regular instant brands. The Chicago-based Jewel Food chain reports brisk sales of its own $3.19-per-lb. cof-fee-and-chicory blend at stores in the Midwest...