Word: racer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Relations between British Tory Leader Margaret Thatcher and her ousted predecessor, Ted Heath, are as frosty as ever, but the two Conservatives do have one thing in common. Both like to be photographed in yachting hats at the helm of a boat. Ocean-Racer Heath, however, need fear no competition from Thatcher, who last week on holiday was content to be aboard the twin-engine Melita on the placid canals of Brittany. "It really is so important to keep a boat tidy," counseled the Tories' First Lady. "Any housewife will tell you, the smaller the space, the more important...
...picture. It was obviously intended to scoop Rollerball, a more costly and similar science-fiction enterprise (TIME, July 7) and it commits its petty larceny briskly and efficiently, with none of Rollerball's thundering pretension. David Carradine, late of TV's Kung Fu, appears as the champion racer Frankenstein. Various parts of his body have been smashed, burned or discarded during his racing career, and he now appears in a black mask and zippered leather suit, looking like a cross between a rock star and a fetishist mannequin. His main competition is a character from Chicago (well played...
...spirit of gallantry that he believes in and admires. Fortunately, he has communicated his earnestness to Writer Goldman, whose humor is tempered by uncharacteristic restraint, and to an excellent cast, among whom Bo Brundin as Kessler stands out. As for Redford, this is his best work since Downhill Racer. Appealingly awkward when trying to express his feeling for flying, he is in his most dashingly self-destructive mode when demonstrating the heights to which his passion drives him. All in all, The Great Waldo Pepper is popular entertainment of a very high order. ∙Richard Schickel
Though the trappings of high-powered competition were not present at Putney, high-powered racers were. Topranked Bill Koch, who placed third in the 15-km. races at the European Junior Championships last year, won the 15 km., gliding through the familiar terrain near his family farm in Guilford, Vt. In the 50-km. ordeal, Tim Caldwell, a wiry young Olympic hopeful, won going away. And the country's top woman racer, Martha Rockwell, now has 15 individual national titles after winning the women's 5-, 10-and 20-km. contests...
...reason why Americans have been slow to assault European dominance. Successful competitors in Europe earn as much as $50,000 a year from government salary, prizes and endorsements. In the U.S. a top performer is lucky to win a plane ticket and three meals a day. Says American Racer Ron Yeager: "Europeans are racing for dollars. Skiing is their only occupation. What are we racing for? Self-satisfaction, I guess...