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...unpleasant road trip??from California to his family's farm in New York was enough to convince William Becker that there was a market for cheap, clean road lodging. In 1962 he and his contractor-partner Paul Greene introduced Motel 6, named for the $6 nightly rate they determined would cover such amenities as coin-operated TVs and foam cups. The chain, which made the pair multimillionaires, now has 880 sites across the U.S. and Canada. Becker...
...instead of resigning, I found myself testifying during hearings on my nomination as Secretary of State. On Sept. 22, Chief Justice Warren Burger?who in a moving gesture had interrupted a European trip???administered the oath of office in the East Room of the White House in the presence of my parents and children. My parents were as in a dream; they could hardly believe that 35 years after being driven out of their native country, their son should have reached our nation's highest appointive executive office...
...praise is generous, perhaps too much so. All the President's Men may be seen by many as an ego trip???the era's leading movie personality discovering that the only subject big enough for him is the era's most significant public event and latching on to it. Hoffman recently went to see the film version of James Whitmore's one-man show Give 'Em Hell, Harry and reports the audience cheered when Harry Truman stepped right up and called Richard Nixon "a lying son-of-a-bitch." He argued on the set that All the President...
...Peggy Loewe had a wonderful trip???until the plane touched down in the U.S. The flight landed right on time, but there was a 45-minute wait for a parking ramp at Kennedy Airport. After trying in vain to hail a taxi (said a policeman: "Ya gotta be aggressive here, lady"), she boarded the crowded airport bus for a jostling ride to Manhattan's East Side Airlines Terminal, which is located away from almost everything. She waited in a long line for a taxi, then shared it with three strangers (all of whom paid full fare). At Grand Central Station...
They were on their wedding trip???Sally and Phil?and having the grandest time imaginable. We met them wandering among the fascinating shops of the Rue St. Honore...
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