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July 2007: Troy Edwin Johnson is killed when a Camry accelerating out of control hits his car at approximately 120 m.p.h. The driver had been unable to slow the car for 23 miles leading up to the crash. Toyota eventually settles out of court with Johnson's family for an undisclosed amount. (See the most important cars of all time...
...wall doesn't work - if nothing works - something else will replace today's media. Something great, I hope. But I wonder if the new media would be a little bereft without a Times to react to, rebel against and define themselves against, like a dog that finally caught the car. Or in this case, the rolled-up newspaper...
Above all, it was having children of my own that most messed with my life cycle. Being allowed to walk out of the hospital with that child in my arms - no instruction manual, no warranty - sealed the certainty of adulthood in a way no car keys or paycheck or mortgage ever had. Their birthdays loomed so large that ours could discreetly recede. My diet would soon include, once again, cupcakes and macaroni and applesauce. The first time we all went to the circus, I felt 6 years old too. (See iPhone apps for new moms...
...headed back to the Hamra Hotel compound, where I live and work, we saw a dusty cloud rising to our right. "Perhaps a mortar into the Green Zone," he suggested. We had almost arrived when the second bomb exploded. The gunshots started soon after. My driver slammed the car into reverse and wove around cars, people and concrete barriers, right up to the hotel entrance. We ran inside, joining a handful of people sheltering from the gunfire. The last bomb brought down much of the ceiling all around us. As the dust swelled we shuffled into the basement; a girl...
...rankings were calculated using numbers of deaths caused by alcoholic liver disease, numbers of binge drinkers, DUI arrest rates and penalties, fatal car accidents involving intoxicated drivers, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving report cards...