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...clipped to death by his own power mower. A neighbor has his mind blown by a malfunctioning Walkman, and a waitress is carved up by a knife. Oh well, such is suburbia according to Novelist Stephen King's Overdrive, now filming in North Carolina. The story of everyday machines turning against their human masters marks the directorial debut of King, 37, who quickly learned that filmmaking "is not like writing. You always have a lot of people in your face here." Still, the protean horrorsmith would not have missed a chance to go behind the camera. After all, eleven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 9, 1985 | 9/9/1985 | See Source »

...selling an expensive service contract than in explaining the machines. The 50 baby chicks ordered in April have not yet arrived; there is no trace of the order except on our bill. Last summer it took more than six weeks to get a part for our Sears riding mower. Perhaps a little less attention to investments, real estate and insurance and more attention to value and service will help Sears continue its success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Super Sears | 9/10/1984 | See Source »

...story, mercifully short on saga but long on authenticity and the instinctual relationship between people and their land. A lot of true grit sifts through his pages. A farmer leads his sons as if growing things were a war on nature: "Their machines moved out over the fields, the mower clattering, breaking down at least twice a day. The old man stomped and swore. He nicked his hands replacing sharp steel teeth. The hayrakes followed his mower, his sons turning the dried hay into neat, continuous piles that looked like whorls of a huge thumbprint." A mother lays down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Doakies | 2/20/1984 | See Source »

...August, a 29-year-old Florence, S.C. man named Larry Gurley was killed by four officers who suspected him stealing a lawn mower. The cops say they chased Gurley into a wooded area, wrestled him to the ground and handcuffed him, whereupon he suddenly died...

Author: By Errol T. Louis, | Title: When the Tough Get Going | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

...mean just about everybody's going to Adams. I mean look at the Rotunda. All of Mower, Thayer, Weld, Wigglesworth is there Everybody...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: Union Dues | 3/23/1983 | See Source »

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