Word: paladin
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...feverish American. A man in Pennsylvania, angered when his wife turned off Have Gun, Will Travel while he was watching it, ran for his revolver and took a shot at her. (He missed.) In Florida one priest bet another that Marshal Matt Dillon was faster on the draw than Paladin-loser to say early Mass on Sunday. Tie-in sales of toys suggested by TV westerns are expected to hit $125 million this year. And at last count, the U.S. had about 600 "fast-draw clubs...
...rightfully wonder what television's got to do with it. I'll tell you. It's the last hope. The TV western--from Wyatt Earp to Mike Paladin--is Custer's Last Stand for the American Male. It is one last fling at virility by a vanishing breed...
...week was a poem. Honoring the memory of assassinated Dictator Anastasio ("Tacho") Somoza-and reminding Nicaraguans that his dynasty continues in his sons-the government newspaper Novedades offered $140 for the best verse of homage to the dead President. The winning entry was 14 lines of flowery verse ("Renowned paladin and cavalier/Glory of America!"). Managua's citizens, by and large, read it glumly, but here and there a face lit up with malicious appreciation. Novedades' editors ran the poem (which was signed with a pen name) for several days-until they, too, noticed that the first letters...
...21st victory. ¶In Arcadia, Calif., longshot (10-1) Moonrush, the $100,000 Santa Anita Handicap, by a neck over Next Move. ¶In Hialeah, Fla., Yildiz, the $50,000 Flamingo Stakes for up & coming three-year-olds, by a neck over Timely Reward. ¶In Grand Junction, Tenn., Paladin, a white and liver pointer, the National Bird Dog Championship, after nine days of hang-tongue competition...
...only did Edward demand of his friend such constant and lavish hospitality that his financial ruin was inevitable, but he made him the butt of more & more brutal practical jokes. Through it all, through ridicule, poverty, and obsolescence, Christopher remained a faithful paladin, faithful unto death, which he incurred through obeying a royal summons when...