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...Journalism. At its best, New Journalism had it all over straight reporting because it was an epiphenomenon itself, sort of unconventional, just like the people and stories it covered, and the best of its practitioners was Tom Wolfe. When Wolfe wrote about stock car racers and the good ole boys around them, or Las Vegas with its plasticine madness, or Phil Spector, his was the most accurate stuff around, because he had the sense that what he was describing was now and new and likely to last about as long as confetti after a parade...
...folks. You see, I've got this problem about what to do on Saturday afternoon. As everybody east of Blue Hill Ave. knows, Harvard's football team is playing Brown in the season's biggest Ivy League game. So why don't I just go on down to the ole Stadium and catch the game...
...people think you are "discovering" the South? Patting us on the back because Faulkner rose a phoenix from our ashes? Because Carter plays the erudite Good Ole Boy? Because you have finally noticed the real bigots live up North? How dare you patronize...
...done-but badly, and too late. By hesitating, Ford angered many Americans, black and white alike. He seemed to be giving in to pressure, including Carter's-hardly helpful to a man who is running as a strong leader. The incident also evoked images of Washington folderol-the ole-boy network of Republican cronies sticking together. Worried one top Ford aide when it was finished: "I'm afraid some people will start wondering how straight a guy, how nice a fellow the President really is." Appearing at the University of Southern California last week, Ford was ridiculed...
...room at the crucial moment, hunting for the reverend's rubber duck. Meanwhile, Loretta's oversexed husband Charlie-shot in the groin in a tussle with Jimmy Joe's dad, Merle Jeeter-prepares stoically for television's first testicle transplant. As for good ole Merle, he becomes a "born-again" politician. Also tripping into view will be a Miss Tippytoes, a glamorous CB radio freak who Mary thinks has a handle on her husband Tom. Then there is Gore Vidal, who visits Fernwood to see if there is a book in the larger meaning of Mary...