Word: motorized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...spare aesthetic side are Radio On and Union City, two story films with rock references. Radio On (title signifying the primary mechanical function for properly operating a motor vehicle) was financed by Road Movies, the Wim Wenders film company. It comes as no surprise that the film is the British equivalent of the early Wenders movies, Alice in the Cities, Kings of the Road, and others. Punctuated by songs of David Bowie, Kraftwerk, Ian Dury, Lene Lovich and more, the black-and-white film follows the odyssey of a man in search of his brother's house, where an unexplained...
...Edward J. King and Lt. Gov. Thomas P. O'Neill III arrived by sea as well, but in separate motor launches. O'Neill drew cheers from his hometown crowd, but King was greeted by a volley of boos and hisses as he stepped ashore...
There is a horrible screeching and the hot stink of brake pads and burning tires. Heart pounding, the driver guns his motor, racing away from the barricade. But now another car pulls out of a dark side road to cut him off. Though half blinded by its headlights, he jams on the brakes again, and just as his car is shuddering to a stop, he slams it into reverse and guns the engine. Seconds later he takes his foot off the gas and turns the steering wheel hard. Tires screaming, the car spins around once more, but is again facing...
...that was designed to measure aptitudes rather than intelligence. He ordered all scores removed from personal records, to keep them from being misused. Says Alexander: "What is relevant is how well these individuals perform as soldiers." Yet, on a test that evaluated on-the-job performance, 89% of the motor vehicle drivers and 85% of the Huey helicopter repairmen failed...
...pump, which distributes chilled water throughout the building, probably burned out in the early afternoon, but it took several hours for enough smoke to build up to set off the automatic alarm, Scott said. The pump's motor will have to be rewound, but there was no "major" damage, he added...