Word: motors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...souped-up Chevy Lumina circles the track at North Carolina's Charlotte Motor Speedway. At the wheel is Tom Cruise, daredevil superstar. The hazel eyes that laser out of his handsome face focus on the thrill of speed and risk. Nor is this challenge confined to a roadway's hard curve; it applies as well to his career in the movies, even if it means taking dangerous curves toward roles that might confound his fans. This day, after a dozen laps, Cruise sees a dime, stops on it and emerges from the Lumina to say hello to a visitor...
Environmentalists can suggest a multitude of ways to do that: recycle paper, aluminum, tin, glass, motor oil and car batteries. Reuse bottles, containers and shopping bags, or at least choose paper bags over plastic at the supermarket. And do not be fooled by the BIODEGRADABLE label on some new plastic products. They may not in fact break down, and those that do may take as long as 500 years. When something tears, wears or breaks, repair it instead of replacing...
Little headway was made as debate continued. The bottom line of the package was higher by 10 p.m. as the Senate adopted amendments restoring $539,000 cut by the governor from the Registry of Motor Vehicles and approved $2 million earmarked for the Division of Banks...
...according to Counihan, Banker has asked the court to dismiss the case on grounds that McMillan had an ulterior motive--to get Banker involved in her fight to stop development on the University-owned Harvard Motor House site...
Although McMillan said she was willing to accede to Banker's proposal if he would oppose the Motor House development Counihan said the issue came up after she had publicly opposed Banker's project...