Word: race-track
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...goofy mechanical genius, is the otherwise backward son of a suffocatin' maw and a sufferin' paw. Halsy (Robert Redford) is a full-time motorcycle rider, ego-tripper and ladysmith. But the steatopygous girls who follow him are, as he admits, "gland cases" and "hurting whores." Between race-track rack-ups and sexual hang-ups, the film is crowded with subject-but barren of object. It is impossible to hide what never existed; nonetheless Director Sidney Furie seems to be attempting an existential comedy. Local color is dabbed in by the numbers. Maw (Lucille Benson) is comic-strip Steinbeck...
...their companies have quit writing insurance in states with heavy claim losses or high auto-theft records, like New York. A number of insurers refuse burglary policies to bachelors, divorcees and widows because they live alone; others try to avoid writing auto coverage for the young, the aged, bartenders, race-track employees and clergymen.* A few companies are pulling out of the auto field entirely. Insurance companies are not obliged to underwrite doubtful risks. But applicants who are rejected for auto or housing policies can generally get at least some insurance at higher rates through assigned risk pools...
...best elusive. While it is a reminder of treasured values lost, it is an uncertain guide to their recovery. Many may vote for Mailer nonetheless, if only because he represents an alternative to old approaches that have made the city seem ungovernable. Handicapper Mailer, appraising his chances in race-track argot, accurately considers himself "a 20-1 long shot." On his personal morning line, however, the contender adds with bravura: "Best...
...keep taxes down and meet rising costs, some state governments have turned to such moneymaking gimmicks as lotteries and race-track taxation. Idaho now draws income from an eight-lane bowling alley...
...when hit by a speeding vehicle, absorbing much of the impact and scattering sand beneath the wheels to slow it further. Cheap and easy to install and replace, the Inertial Barrier System was invented by John Fitch, a former racing driver whose teammate accidentally killed himself and more than 80 spectators when he crashed through an old-fashioned race-track barrier at Le Mans, France...