Word: oles
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Many people, particularly in parts of the Sunbelt, still like drive-ins for most of the old reasons. On a good night, families bring lawn chairs to make themselves comfortable; affectionate teen-agers still cause the windows to steam up; and good ole boys still load up their pickups with coolers of beer. Paul Bierle, a Southern California truck driver, brags that he has not patronized an indoor theater for ten years. "You can't smoke in walk-ins," he says. "You can't put your feet up, and you can't talk." Nor, he might have...
This is the latest model of what might be termed the Burt Reynolds Formula One Vehicle. The sometime bandit is a respectable NASCAR driver in Stroker Ace. That means that the skids and scrapes in which he defies death without losing his good-ole-boy aplomb take place on such premises as the Daytona 500 race track. He is also amiably mystified to find himself drawn to a woman (Loni Anderson) who is as tenacious in defense of her virginity as he is in pursuit of a championship. That, however, completes the list of the film's novelties...
...images of the bitter clashes involved in integrating "Ole Miss" were revived late last month when the recordings of key discussions on the topic, held by then President John F. Kennedy '40, were released. From the transcripts emerge the drama surrounding the conflict--lengthy discussions of troop maneuverings and crowd control. At one point, Kennedy even inquired about arresting a Southern military figure who championed the segregationists. The main image conveyed by the more than 100 pages of dialogue over two days was the straightforward nature of the conflict--JFK unflinchingly insisted on integration proceedings, because of his duty...
...years following the divisive incident, the university continued more peacefully toward integration. Blacks new make up 10 percent of the student body and are accepted at all social gatherings. Recently, a Black football played was selected Mr. Ole Miss, and another Black student was elected a cheerleader. But this past spring, a fight over the school's use of Confederate emblems triggered tensions approaching those of two decades before...
When Good Ole Boy Ray Blanton swept "into the Governor's office in the 1974 election, Marie's appearance and efficiency caught the attention of Blanton's legal counsel, Eddie Sisk. She was soon appointed chairman of the Tennessee paroles and pardons board. From the beginning, writes Maas, Sisk "figured he'd swatted a lot of flies at once. Marie was a good-looking woman . . . her Vanderbilt degree was class. And she was a little naive...