Word: junkyards
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...some of the burned out apartments of Fidelis Way, through shattered windows, the spires of Harvard's River Houses gleam in the distance. The ground crunches underfoot, not with fresh snow, but with broken glass. The fenced-in project looks more like post-war Dresden. The hollow buildings and junkyard streets appear uninhabitable. Many of the apartments are occupied by squatters who arrive at night and stake out empty rooms. Periodic drug raids shake up the dismal day-to-day activities at Fidelis...
...drift around the corners, tailing ice chips and snow. The high-pitched whine of asphalt racing is replaced by a muffled roar, the stands replaced by footstamping, flask-sipping locals retreating from the snowbanks to their cars for a little heat. The "stock" division--the cars nearest the junkyard--lines up for the start of the 15-lap feature. Jim in car #2 guarantees loudly that he will drive his "Fair Lady Beauty Salon" special, complete with dragging bumper, to victory. Damned if he doesn't, for Jim understands the secrets of iceracing: stay out of the sliding wrecks...
...does a male with equipment akin to parts in a car junkyard and intent on lovemaking conceal such surgery...
...there is a kindred spirit who mirror's Crews' fear and passion, it is another actor, Robert Blake. In "Television's Junkyard Dog," Blake confesses a Freudian nightmare that might serve as an episode on his TV series, Baretta. "I have a dream, and I bet I have it once a week," he tells the author. "Wherever I am, what ever I'm doing, I'm naked. And I can't get no clothes on. Sometimes I'm at the airport and sometimes I'm at school in a hall...
...Ness monster." This artistic debate took place at the unveiling of the 27,000-lb. bronze in front of Dallas' new city hall, designed by Pei. "Until this arrived," Pei said, "I felt something was missing." A few spectators, however, thought something was still amiss. "Is this a junkyard?" asked one. Moore was undaunted. "People shouldn't immediately expect to cotton onto something someone else has been thinking about much, much longer," he says. "I mean, they don't understand Einstein...