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...left turns; the tracks are designed as crazy theme-park rides, with 360 loops, chasm-wide broken tracks, roads that wind around mountains and across rivers. The autos skid sideways and fly over other cars on stilts. In a reference to the Ben-Hur chariot race, they brandish hubcap spear hooks to disable their opponent's vehicle. And, since the rallies take place in Virtual World, there's no fretting about the waste of fuel. All of Speed Racer is a holiday not only from the gas tax, but from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Speed Racer: The Future of Movies | 5/8/2008 | See Source »

Nowadays, friends, fans, and touring bands drop by whenever possible to say a word, pluck a tune, or simply take a seat and listen. Well-established guests can take part in the time-honored tradition of banging a bent-up old hubcap into the microphone to sound the hour...

Author: By Sam Teller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Roger That, Hillbillies! | 4/21/2005 | See Source »

From the same marketing masterminds who catapulted Pokemon into every U.S. schoolyard comes Japan's latest export: Yu-Gi-Oh!, featuring Yugi, a nerdy kid who uses magical powers to morph into a spiky-haired, hubcap-eyed hero with a grownup bod. Yugi is an ace cardplayer who battles (using cards, of all things) with electric lizards, man-eating bugs and all manner of mystical creatures in a complex, secret world that youngsters (mostly boys ages 9 and up) can't get enough of and--lucky for the kids--most parents can't be bothered to understand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Games: Yu-Gi-Oh! Comes to America | 6/10/2002 | See Source »

Wiley left a conference at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis around midnight on Nov. 15. His abandoned rental car was found on a bridge over the Mississippi River four hours later, with a hubcap missing and streaks of yellow paint on the bumper...

Author: By Daniel K. Rosenheck, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Search for Wiley Ends in Tragedy | 1/4/2002 | See Source »

Wiley left a conference at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis around midnight on Nov. 14. His abandoned rental car was found on a bridge over the Mississippi River four hours later, with a hubcap missing and streaks of yellow paint on the bumper...

Author: By Daniel K. Rosenheck, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wiley's Body Found in Mississippi River | 12/22/2001 | See Source »

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