Word: trained
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Crazy Horse, and to book the whole mob on planes and buses for a gambling sortie to Monte Carlo (he could have been doing all this at once; it is hard to say with Sam). When we caught up with him again this summer, he was on a train bound for glory, he hoped, rushing a gubernatorial candidate through 29 whistle- stops, roughly circumscribing the state of Louisiana in four days. Sam's wife Nita wishes he would take it a little easier...
...eventually decided to run all the same. That is about where things stand now, except Sam had a heart attack a little while ago -- he is 57 years old -- and his wife wants him to slow down. And that is why we went to Louisiana to board Sam's train, to look in on his health...
Next stop, Ruston. Sam was once president of the First National Bank here. He knew the crowd. The candidate, perspiring so you could see through his shirt, was comparing Louisiana to the train: "Rich in history, rich in heritage, not as shiny as it used to be, but able to get back on track." An elderly man of the soil sidled over to us and inquired, "Do you think he believes all that horse manure?" Back on the train, even the tap water came out smoking...
...state and if I can" -- here he put his palms together and moved them as you would to describe the course of a river -- ". . . well, you get the idea. If you can make people see things your way, there is nothing more satisfying. Call me crazy." Sam said the train idea was just the "perfect hook. You knew the media would...
...sped-up clouds, erosion, and decay aren't able to disturb your natural equilibrium, though, the train scenes will. Fricke places his camera on the front of an engine and the film accelerates as the train wends though tunnels and around curves and across mountain passes. There's no question you're on a runaway train...