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...Thompson exhumes the sport's Prohibition-era roots in this colorful, meticulously detailed history. Painting NASCAR as "the accidental sport of Southern moonshiners," he recounts wildly entertaining stories of how late-1930s racing pioneers like Lloyd Seay, who was later murdered by his cousin, and "Reckless" Roy Hall, a jailbird, honed their craft during bootlegging runs, dodging the law on dusty Georgia back roads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 5 Sports Books That Deserve Big Cheers | 11/12/2006 | See Source »

...Samantha G. Barnard ’09), a vaudeville wannabe who murders her lover after he walks out on her. Sent to jail, she quickly discovers that she can win both freedom and fame by playing off of the sympathy of the scandal-loving city of Chicago. Meanwhile, fellow jailbird and vaudeville legend Velma Kelly (Anna Haas) jealously tries to win back the spotlight as the year’s most sensational murderess...

Author: By April B. Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Chicago' Falls Short of Potential | 3/13/2006 | See Source »

...needed splashes of humor. During the holdup, a bank worker tells Scofield that the manager is at White Castle. "White Castle," Scofield says, skeptical. "Fast-food place," the teller deadpans. "They serve those little square burgers." Miller (The Human Stain) carries the lead role with grim charisma, like a jailbird Jack Bauer. If anybody had told me that engineers were stone-cold badasses with the fighting and scheming skills of a black ops agent, I would have seriously reconsidered my college major...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Why the Caged Bird Sings | 8/28/2005 | See Source »

...43pm - Leverett - apple. The ‘Hare Today’ House newsletter on the table discusses hairy stones, the Golden Girls, a Czech jailbird with priapism, and the Masters’ monkeybread...

Author: By Sam Teller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Explained | 5/5/2005 | See Source »

...flight. As a follow-up, he's planning to have his son kidnapped and then join the Nazi party Losers ENRIQUE IGLESIAS Singer booed for showing up late and lip-synching at a concert. For those keeping track, this is the "hubris" segment of Behind the Music ROBERT BLAKE Jailbird actor denied bail on killing charge, sued by murdered wife's children. And why do we care? He played a TV detective in the '70s MADONNA Material Girl's film pulled from Cannes for awfulness. Just when you think it's safe to like Madonna, she manages to appall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Person of the Week | 5/6/2002 | See Source »

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