Word: rolled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...either. An electromagnet in the vehicle's nose was connected by wire to a battery in the rear. The nose of each car lined up for the race rests flush against a hinged metal plate that drops forward into the asphalt at the start, allowing the vehicle to roll forward down the inclined raceway. As he settled back into his racer, Gronen's helmet touched off a lever that activated the battery and magnet, and as the metal plate fell forward the magnet's pull toward it gave his vehicle enough extra starting impetus...
...thus my first lesson--roll with the punches...
...going to Harvard, you are almost destined to be part of the top. To reach the top, all you have to do is follow the game plan, roll with the punches, take the path of least resistance. The good life rubs off on every Harvard student, each one gaining a familiarity with comfort. Contempt for this comfort is rare, most are willing to passively accept it, a few even grovel for it. If you do not make any decision about what you want to do, in essence you will have decided to take the easy road and become coopted...
...Heah comes da Wolfman!" the voice rasps in rural black accents. "Don't touch dat dial!" High-pitched giggles lacerate the air, quickly followed by a rough approximation of a wolf howl. "We gotta whole lotta soul comin' atcha," the voice promises. "Rock V roll wid da Wolfman. Lay yo' hand on da radio right now 'n' feeel...
...vigor and precision of American Graffiti. This superb and singular film catches not only the charm and tribal energy of the teen-age 1950s but also the listlessness and the resignation that underscored it all like an incessant bass line in one of the rock-'n'-roll songs of the period...