Word: wagoneer
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...Harvard came out with a 11-3 triumph, and as Skip Freeman said after the game, the wagon started to roll. Or so it seemed...
Sawed-Off Station Wagon. Last week American Motors showed off the first subcompact, the Gremlin.* It was, said A.M.C. President William Luneberg, purposely designed to be "a contentious car, and nobody will be neutral about it." That may well be true. On the outside the Gremlin resembles a sawed-off station wagon, with a long, low hood and swept-up rear, and is faintly reminiscent of the original Studebaker Avanti. Though the Gremlin is only two inches longer than the 159-in. Volkswagen, the elongated hood makes the difference seem considerably more. It is 10 in. wider than a Volks...
...life, the kids are demanding a new honesty in film-making that has nothing to do with the size of the budget. Michael Campus, 28, former director of specials at CBS, explains: "Young people are saying that it's a crime to spend $20 million on Paint Your Wagon. That amount could remake a city." Perhaps in getting right with the new audience, Hollywood will not only save its head, but its own soul...
...scene, a Union cavalryman cuts off a Cheyenne's arms, then shoots an old Indian directly in the eye. In another, a wagon runs over a child's legs, severing them with gushes of blood. To provide authenticity for the movie's numerous mutilations, Nelson has hired adult and child amputees. Do-gooders who worry about the misuse of underage amateurs may or may not be soothed by Nelson's reassurances: "We made specific arrangements with the psychologist in charge of the children to make sure we were not going to give them any psychological traumas...
...LOADED the car with our spoils and drove north to San Diego. We stopped at the Chuck Wagon, a minor legend in Southern California. The Chuck Wagon is the last of the great all-you-can-eaters, with the juiciest everything in town. We hadn't eaten all day, and spent a solid, lusting, bestial two hours going back for more and more food. After sitting around the table for a while to tell each other how much money the restaurant lost on us, we waddled off to the car and headed for Los Angeles...