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...been long since Superpatriot John Wayne, 66, recorded a pep talk for his countrymen called America, Why I Love Her. Among the numbers was The Good Things, a panegyric to the mundane virtues of American life: "A fireman who climbs a tree and sets a little kitten free," and, of course, the "men who love their wives." It turns out that Wayne's memory of the good things is faulty. His third wife Pilar, 45, will not, after all, be the girl with whom he rides into the sunset, because after 19 years of marriage and three children...
...help in case of accident. Mostly they use CB to gab away the lonely miles. Despite union and federal regulations aimed at limiting driving time, many solo truckers push on for 14 hours per day. CB, they say, helps them to stay alert. It is even replacing the pep pills ("road aspirins") frequently used on long hauls...
...Jets, take on a special autumnal tang. In the '60s, Werblin found his night flight stacked up over a large city. Gazing down at the twinkling lights he said hopefully: "Every light is a potential customer." Five years ago, that would have sounded like a half-time pep talk. Today it has the ring of an "audible" called on fourth down and goal to go. And why not? Football may no longer be sport. But, given the predictable onslaught of canned sitcoms, crime dramas and movies made for TV, it remains the greatest show in town...
...still he keeps rolling. After two rounds in last week's P.G.A. Championship, Weiskopf was tied for third only two strokes behind the leaders. With no end in sight, there is some conjecture that Weiskopf has at age 30 discovered some new secret about the game. Yoga, perhaps? Pep pills? Magic? Prayer...
...former anchor men, the no-nonsense team of John Hart and Nelson Benton, had failed to attract a big enough audience compared with NBC's 22-year-old juggernaut of the morning schedule, the Today Show (an estimated 1.7 million viewers v. 5.2 million). In an effort to pep up the ratings, the network created a more relaxed format, with more room for ad-libbing...