Word: speedways
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...times in the 1970s and even smoked some with the future Vice President in 1971 at a fraternity party in Indiana. Serving a 50-year sentence in the Federal Correctional Institution in El Reno, Okla., for smuggling dope and taking part in a 1978 series of bombings in Speedway, Ind., Kimberlin tried to publicize his allegations four days before the 1988 election. But a funny thing happened before Kimberlin could conduct a jailhouse press conference: he was suddenly slapped into protective confinement and the conference abruptly canceled -- all on a personal order from Bureau of Prisons Director J. Michael Quinlan...
...Cruise $60 million race-car epic Days of Thunder is the widely reported claim that the film left Hollywood preview audiences gaga with delight. In fact, some early responses were so grumbly or apathetic that the producers decided to take the star and his car back to the speedway at Daytona to reshoot the ending. Two more racing shots were added. Such tinkering with big-ticket productions is not so unusual in these days of compulsive market research, but the timing for this one was unusual: the new ending was filmed just three weeks before this Wednesday's opening, making...