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Outside of the fact that he is a movie comedian and worth more than $10 million, Lloyd is a typical U.S. citizen. He works hard, rides a succession of hobbies (old cars, microscopy) with grim preoccupation, loves sports, and has been happily married to the same wife for 26 years...
Here & there, the U.S. economic skies cleared a bit last week. The stock market climbed again; the U.S. auto industry broke all previous records by rolling out 148,277 cars and trucks, the biggest week in its history. But the recession's storm clouds still scudded threateningly over the...
"Hot rods," souped-up racers built from jalopies, have been an American phenomenon since the '20s, when used cars first became available in big supply. After World War II, which choked off the sport during gasoline rationing, it came back stronger than ever.
Hot-rod buffs, known as "hop-ups," strip the bodies from junkyard cars, replace them with low-slung, homemade roadster bodies. On the engine they install a high-compression cylinder head, a dual manifold and a special camshaft. After months of work and $800 to $1,200 spent for parts...
Family Act. The Buick-sponsored, hour-long uproar offered explosive fragments of an act the comics have been working on for 35 years. It grew from the first prop they ever used - a brass rail to support their vaudeville rendition of Sweet Adeline. Today, their hundreds of props fill three...