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...young Steve--the defining epiphany of his youth--was Disneyland, which opened near his family's home in 1955. In the book, Martin describes the park's kitsch splendor with the rapture of Marco Polo on first seeing China. There, he quickly located two mentors: Jim Barlow, performing sleight of hand at Merlin's Magic Shop, and at the Golden Horseshoe Revue, Wally Boag, a comic who made funny balloon animals. From them came the raw material for Martin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Steve Martin, a Mild and Crazy Guy | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

DARPA's first driverless rally, in 2004, was an off-road race. This year the agency focused on urban features. The 60-mile (100 km) course included intersections and buildings, and contestants had to park and merge with traffic. On the outside, most of the vehicles looked quite similar: conventional sedans and SUVs plastered with corporate-sponsor logos and encrusted with sensors, their backseats loaded with rack-mounted PCs. The one big exception was a monster truck so enormous that the course had to be widened to accommodate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Building the Best Driverless Robot Car | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

...REDGRAVE PARK FARM...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Briefing | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

...attitude. This pimples-and-all approach shows the boys in their street clothes, with bad haircuts and acne in full view. It also features some serious musicianship. The group is shown primarily in the studio as they set up and record the track, with cuts to walks in the park and visits to the pub. To underscore the video’s intended rough edges, the band uses a less polished version of the song than appears on the album. The video is not destined for MTV, as it effectively thumbs its nose at the mainstream in both form...

Author: By Edward F. Coleman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: POPSCREEN: Arctic Monkeys | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

When the pair noticed that Colono was having trouble breathing, they stopped outside of the 7-Eleven at the corner of Buswell Street and Park Drive on the edge of Brookline to get help...

Author: By Jamison A. Hill, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Witnesses Revisit Night of Killing | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

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