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...Japan relations or that the Japanese media continue to cover every foolish escapade by U.S. servicemen. And there are many such episodes. During a single week in late July, one U.S. serviceman in Okinawa fired a BB gun at pizza-delivery boys, another tipped over a stranger's motor scooter, another set fire to a car, and a Marine lance corporal was sentenced to five years for arson attacks on stores...
...trolled across rocky shallows at the point. Suddenly, a monster hit. My rod gesticulated crazily. I jerked back to set the hook. The indignant invisible thing fought back and I watched line peeling out even as I tried to reel in. The judge threw the motor into neutral. I found then that I could make some grudging progress against the brute. He did not, however, jump...
...headed up to Connecticut's Stafford Motor Speedway to meet Dennis Anderson, the man who built Grave Digger in 1981 and still drives it whenever his shoulder is attached to his body. He told me he had started out "mudboggin' and tug-o-warrin'" four-wheel drives. I didn't understand most of what Dennis said. After sitting down for a brief conversation, he told me my monster-truck name should be Powder Puff Boy. Then he punched me in the knee...
...threats to such hand-crafted quality. Industrialized agriculture long ago forced tasty, locally grown food products out of most supermarkets, and small farmers have only recently begun to discover new, niche markets. Franchised retailers and mega-discounters are supplanting friendly corner shops and personalized service. Manufacturers of clothing, motor cars and other consumer products are merging into giant, cross-border enterprises to take advantage of economies of scale - and to bear the ever-growing expenses of marketing and technology. Yet perhaps because of these forces, quality is today valued more than ever. Against the blandness of mass-market products, hand...
...Jefri has a thing for motor vehicles, it seems, many of which are up for auction. He?s accumulated innumerable cars (enough, it?s reported, to fill three parking lots), two Mercedes fire engines, one Comanche attack helicopter simulator, a Formula One car, and an Airbus A340...