Word: sleepers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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STEVE TESICH IS a master of the "sleeper" film. Such past screenplays of his like Breaking Away and Four Friends overcame lukewarm box office receptions to become favorites on TV and cable. Tesich writes movies that are humanly endearing that grab an older audience even if they leave the Rambo crowd unflexed...
...while almost all the women in first class escaped, nearly half of those in third class drowned. There was also an element of happenstance. Boat No. 1, which could have held 40 people, departed with only twelve. While John Jacob Astor went stoically to his death, Henry Sleeper Harper managed to find lifeboat room not just for himself but for his Pekingese, Sun Yat-sen, and an Egyptian dragoman he was bringing home on a whim. Benjamin Guggenheim changed into evening clothes for the occasion, and so did his valet. "We've dressed in our best," Guggenheim said...
...Burghardt of Hicksville, N.Y. He estimates he will save $200 a month on motel and food bills with his new $22,500 Double Eagle Windjammer. Dave Kahlig and his wife Mitch of Fort Recovery, Ohio, have yet to install a microwave in their 66- in., $11,000 Double Eagle sleeper. But they have a refrigerator and cook foil-wrapped meats on the truck's engine between the red-hot turbo pipes. "It takes about 10 to 15 miles to cook a hamburger," says Mitch, "60 for a chicken. Once we lost some turkey steaks when we hit a pothole near...
...cost-conscious couple on the road ten months of the year. A few maintain no on-the-ground house at all and stay with relatives during their short periods of downtime. Bill and Linda Yancey of Chula Vista, Calif., figure they will soon pay for their $21,000 sleeper by sharing driving time. "It takes two to keep it going," says Bill, who adds that "it's nice to have someone in this with you as a partner...
...Sleepers are benefiting marriages as well as budgets. Before Roger and Jill Spencer of Montgomery, Pa., got theirs, he was home only twelve days in a six- month period. "When I told him," says Jill, "he didn't believe it. I missed him and all." Like many trucking couples, the Spencers share a passion for their rig. The couple's $100,000 Peterbilt truck and Double Eagle sleeper combination has won several prizes at truck shows. "It's almost like our baby," admits Jill. And for those actually having a baby? On March 15, a little girl, Julia Louise...