Word: cars
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG is a friendly, affectionate musical that drags a bit in the first half, but picks up once Dick Van Dyke, who plays a pixilated inventor, gets his children, his girl friend (Sally Ann Howes) and his car airborne in a glorious romp...
...Agnelli's operations, James is more convinced than ever that he made a wise choice. He even persuaded Business Editor Marshall Loeb to leave his own work on the cover story long enough to investigate his Fiat's fine points at firsthand. The next day James' car failed to start, and he was late to work. "After all the time and trouble I've spent on Agnelli recently," says James ruefully, "it was rather an injustice...
...minister's Toyota four blocks from the office, Tri, his chauffeur and his bodyguard were more intent on the signal than on the motorbike that drew up alongside them. None was quick enough when one of the bike's two riders tossed a paper bag into the car; as the bike sped away, a hand grenade in the bag exploded. The chauffeur died instantly in the car's flaming wreckage. The bodyguard, only shaken, managed to pull his minister from the flames. But Tri, 43, died half a day later, his stomach riddled by shrapnel...
...practicing," explains one young member. "As long as you're chanting, you're in. If you stop chanting, you're out." Members can chant for anything, any time, and the newer ones often concentrate on material wants: a better apartment, a new job, a new car. Members even testify to such minor miracles as praying a traffic cop out of a ticket, or a professor into a passing grade. One San Francisco hippie who joined the sect prayed for-and got -"a pocketful of drugs," then tried for something harder: a girl named Sue. "That week...
...Namath, the Brian Dowling of professional football, and his white shoes were superb in tearing the highly-rated Baltimore Colt defense to pieces. Matt Snell was also outstanding as his running balanced the Jet attack. But Namath got the car from Sport...