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...their car neared the river on Eureka Avenue in Wyandotte, a Detroit suburb, DeLisle complained of leg cramps. He backed the car away from the street's dead end, stopped to buy some crackers and said he felt better. Shortly before 9:20 p.m., he drove toward the river again. Suddenly DeLisle felt a cramp in his right leg, which stiffened, jamming his foot against the accelerator. As he tried to hit the brake with his left foot, his shoe wedged between the pedal and the accelerator. Frantically, Suzanne grabbed for the ignition key and gearshift to stop the speeding...
...duty. Denis' taste for "g & t" (gin and tonic), chums and golf is no secret. When he is not busy escorting his wife, he can frequently be spied on the exclusive golf course in Dulwich, the sedately elegant London suburb where the Thatchers own a large, two-story brick house for their retirement. After a round, he invariably speeds off to the clubhouse for a natter and a snort. He even launched a popular campaign against slow golfers with the argument: "After all, the quicker you finish your round, the more time you will have for a pint...
...years ago, research librarian Edwina Barron, 46, rented a condo in Euclid, a mostly white Cleveland suburb. Just a month later, she fled to a bungalow in a quiet, racially mixed neighborhood in Cleveland. Here she describes an encounter with a white neighbor who had been drinking that occurred just one night after she moved into the Euclid condo. The incident persuaded...
...just spoken with the StateDepartment and I will not reveal what they said,"Mary Fischer said at her home in the Louisville,Ky., suburb of Okolona. "Right now, I'm in a stateof shock. I just don't know...
...insider trading" because her husband is a Senator. Apparently her marital status should deprive her of speaking privileges in public -- an argument Westbrook Pegler used to make against Eleanor Roosevelt. Penthouse says Rakolta is taking us down the path toward fascism. It attacks her for living in a rich suburb -- the old "radical chic" argument that rich people cannot support moral causes...