Word: sleepers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...only the price tags are rising. The cost of such options as push-button radios and tinted glass is up all around. And one sleeper involves changes in warranties. Now, first owners will get warranty protection as before, but second owners will have to accept limited coverage (in the case of Chrysler) or pay an initial $25 inspection fee plus a $25 deductible payment for subsequent warranty work done for full coverage (with Ford and A.M.C.). Third owners are out of luck altogether except with a G.M. car; if it is less than two years old (or has been driven...
...through one leading man (Michael Rennie), five directors and 13 endings-the 13th on opening night. The script was so unpromising that it took five coproducers to cajole in the $100,000 nut. As it turned out, Any Wednesday came in on rubber heels-a Broadway term describing a sleeper smash that confounds the handicappers...
This could be the big sleeper of the whole summer school curriculum. Realism and Abstraction in Cinema, 1896-1966, it's called. If you have no vigorous objection to watching movies for credit, this course is probably for you. Richard MacCann, of the University of Kansas Journalism School, runs the show...
...unknown quantity in this race is In Reality. He has not raced since he won the Florida Derby on April 1, but he has finished first or second in ten of his 11 races and could be the sleeper here. Reason to Hail, the 20-to-1 shot who was fourth in the Derby, is one of the most underrated performers. Handicapped in the Derby by his outside post position, he ran a strong race and would have caught Damascus in a few more strides. But he has been campaigned relentlessly from coast to coast, and the Preakness will...
...Preakness Wire 1. Barbs Delight 2. Proud Clarion 3. In Reality (the sleeper) 4. Damascus 5. Reason to Hail (longshot special) 6. Ask the Fare 7. Great Power 8. Favorable Turn