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Later he explained that Gardes is a "sensationally good officer, but he walked into this situation like a child. I saw straightaway that he could not win." He added...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Losing Game | 4/13/1962 | See Source »

...young marrieds. The cult of the lowest common denominator had found its high priest in Ollie Treyz, and with an almost evangelical zeal he went on to schedule such landmarks of mediocrity as Hawaiian Eye, Bourbon Street Beat, Surfside 6, The Roaring '20$, The Rifleman, The New Breed, Straightaway, My Three Sons, The Hathaways, Follow the Sun, Lawman, Adventures in Paradise and Bus Stop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Rub-Out | 3/30/1962 | See Source »

...Straightaway (ABC, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). Gloria Swanson's TV debut, as-guess what?-an aging film queen, accused of hit-and-run driving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Dec. 15, 1961 | 12/15/1961 | See Source »

...record $50,700 had been pumped into Ruidoso Downs' parimutuel machines, and the crowd's choices were a pair of California entries, Bunny's Bar Maid (2-5) and Golden Note (9-2). But when the ten-horse field broke from the gate for the breakneck straightaway dash to the wire, both favorites were left at the post, hopelessly beaten-for it is at the start, with jockeys flailing and horses driving hard, that quarterhorse races are won. Winner by a remarkable 1½ lengths was a lightly regarded chestnut colt named Pokey Bar, who shrugged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Dollar for Distance | 9/15/1961 | See Source »

...Stadium cinders were almost completely submerged Saturday afternoon, and the track events had to be transferred to the freshman oval. Nobody wanted to risk sprinting around a turn, so the 220 and the 220 low hurdles were run on the 200-yard straightaway...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Track Men Top Princeton, 84-55, In Muddy Going | 4/29/1961 | See Source »

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