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...customer to the popcorn stand. Martin Newman, executive vice president of New York's Century Theaters, figures that "concessions can mean the difference between life and death." At last week's NATO conclave, where the Hollywood moviemakers were practically invisible, there was a whole midway of barking concessionaires trying to sell the exhibitors the latest House o' Weenies rotisseries, Pronto-Burger rigs and even microwave ovens for veal Parmesan. After all, the average drive-in patron, according to one study, pops for 49? worth of refreshments; the indoor theaters count on 22? per customer. That adds...
...Yardlings have been doing their homework this fall for they have reached the midway point of the season with a 2-1 record. The freshmen hosted Tufts in early October and began the season successfully with a 39-14 victory...
Between Big Tex and the livestock beauty parades lies the heart of every fair: the midway. Texan or otherwise, breathes there a man with soul so dead that he did not once thrill to the gut-wrenching twists and turns of the Caterpillar and the Black Widow? Or pit his adolescent's rolled-steel stomach against the depredations of Corny Dogs and Bar-B-Q mystery meat burgers and loomfuls of pink cotton candy? Even those barbaric relics of carnival days, the sideshow freaks, are still present. Hear the saw-throated barker cry of the Headless Body Beautiful: "Yessir...
...Midway through it all there is a race between an automobile and an elevated train that is sharply reminiscent of the careering car chase in Bullitt. Philip D'Antoni produced both movies, and it is obvious from the similarities in pacing and incident that he also took a hand in their direction. If he was imitating his first success with The French Connection, he has also improved upon...
...snap on the Penn four, after Harvard had fallen behind by a surprising 14-0 score in the first quarter. Harvard cashed in on Brumbach's booted play for a touchdown, and went on to score three more times in the next two quarters, taking a 28-14 lead midway through the third quarter...