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...reputation as a teenage daredevil in her hometown of Greenville, S.C., led Bill France, who co-founded NASCAR the next year, to recruit her as a draw for fans in a local race. Before retiring in 1956 at the urging of her husband--whose brand-new Ford she had totaled in a 1947 race--Smith won 38 events in various classes. "I was just born to be wild," she said...
...from nothing. It is far closer to something Upton Sinclair would have written. A major subtext of the book is Freddie's maturity as a person coinciding with his political awakening. This begins during an exciting sequence when he finds himself caught up in a protest against the Henry Ford plant. Like a scene from an Eisenstein movie, the protesters face Ford's gun thugs by singing the International, leading to a horrific massacre. Later Freddie and Sam join a group of outcasts working together to put a farm back on its feet...
...decided to run the marathon just last Thursday. “I bought these shoes on Wednesday,” he said, “and I went for an eight to 12 mile run on Thursday.” Although Corker and his friend Ford S. Harrington ’05 finished the marathon in about four hours, Corker “would not recommend” the limited training regimen. Michael V. Tucci ’06, also started training about a month ago after receiving an e-mail on the Leverett open-list mentioning open spaces with...
...purity to refer to a medium that is at least 5% fart jokes. Nothing can force a clip to go viral. It requires an authentic response from a mass audience, and the mainstream is learning to respect that. Soon after their unsanctioned VW spot hit the Net, viral admen Ford and Brooks were hired for a series of spoof political spots for Britain's Channel 4, and they've gone on to work for McDonald's and the Sci Fi Channel Europe, among others. Says Brooks...
...meters was just under two meters better than any of the other 18 competitors. Senior James Rhodes and junior James Ayers had tosses good enough for sixth and seventh in the hammer toss events, leaving divots 50.04 and 47.90 meters from the circle. Sophomore pole vaulter Dan Ford took sixth in his events. —THE CRIMSON STAFF