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...Theater later to watch James Whitmore in Bully!, a roaring portrayal of Teddy Roosevelt. It might help when he gets there if Carter recalls that sometimes, when the sun was up and his juices were flowing, Roosevelt would knock off work at noon and take his family for a picnic down along the Potomac River. It might not be quite as good as a tax cut, but the therapeutic value to the national soul has been underestimated since about...
Kelly Reid '77 said yesterday, "It makes me feel like doing everything! I want to go on a picnic, go bicycling, stroll along the river, and climb some building and scream because exams are over and it's warm again like summer...
...scrambles across streams, swamps and hills. Contestants, either alone or in teams, leave the starting point at fixed intervals, moving through the quiet beauty of the forest toward unseen checkpoints marked by map coordinates. For many, it is just a "hike with a purpose," an opportunity to stroll or picnic. For others, it is a madcap race in which speed afoot is as important as accuracy of map reading. A fast runner might plot a lengthier indirect course over clear ground, whereas a canny, perhaps flabbier orienteer might take the shorter, riskier route of a direct bearing...
...change, it wasn't a battle of the Nielsens that put the TV networks in a toe-to-toe fight for first place. It was a tug of war and other picnic sports at Pepperdine University in southern California, featuring stars such as ABC's Lynda (Wonder Woman) Carter, NBC's Ben (Gemini Man) Murphy and CBS's Telly (Kojak) Savalas. In all, 24 prime-time principals channeled their energies into swimming, running and biking-all for the sake of a Nov. 13 ABC special titled Battle of the Network Stars. The winner on the playing...
...fast, tailgate-picnic breath...