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...just great," remembers Bob Donovan, who, as a young reporter for the New York Herald Tribune, was with Truman the whole way. "We saw this country like never before; the wheat fields, the mountains and the little towns. Thousands and thousands of people came out and gathered around the train. It was Harry Truman's country and his kind of people. He loved...
...golden age of presidential train travel was introduced by Franklin Roosevelt, says author Bob Withers (The President Travels by Train: Politics and Pullmans; TLC Publishing). During his 12 White House years, Roosevelt set the all-time record of 243,827 miles by rail, most of them at a leisurely pace, wandering through America, luxuriating in the vast beauty, campaigning, inspecting Depression-era projects and, later, defense plants. Then came Truman with a political purpose and his Missouri determination...
...Bob Dole survived the battlefields of Italy during World War II, but he almost didn't make it out of Los Angeles International Airport last year. It was a clear November evening when the former Senator and his wife Elizabeth were settled comfortably into first class on a United Airlines flight to Washington. The 757 began its rapid roll to take off. Moments before, an AeroMexico jet had mistakenly begun to cross that very runway on its way to the terminal. As the United plane hurtled down the tarmac, the pilots were startled to see the AeroMexico plane wandering into...
...should some lucky Harvard athlete again grace "The Price is Right" stage in Television City, be sure to say "Hi" to Bob from all of us at Harvard. Oh, and remember to bid one dollar when the person next to you bids $1000 on a Walkman...
This year, while it may be difficult to match the excitement of a well-placed kiss from Bob Barker or the mystical allure of Plinko and the Showcase Showdown, the men's volleyball team has a serious chance of turning heads on the court as well...