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...said years later to the political scientist James MacGregor Burns. According to Stanley Renshon, author of High Hopes: The Clinton Presidency and the Politics of Ambition, when Burns asked Clinton what he would do if Congress constantly thwarted him, Clinton shot back, "Just keep going at 'em till they tire...
...know this car to drive it safely, and Henri Paul had never driven it." This claim is backed up by Jean Pietri, a veteran French automotive engineer who has independently analyzed the physical phenomena surrounding the accident. By comparing the mathematical curve of the Mercedes' trajectory with the actual tire marks left on the road surface, Pietri concludes that the car "tended systematically to veer to the right." That would help explain why Paul was unable to avoid hitting the Fiat Uno in the right lane as he tried to steer around it. The inherent instability of the vehicle, says...
That cushion of air in your car tire provides a level of safety and comfort--until it blows. Uniroyal's new NailGuard tires, on the market this month, come with an inner lining made from a sticky rubber compound that automatically reseals the tire after nail punctures up to three-sixteenths of an inch wide. Unlike "run-flat" tires, which cost hundreds of dollars extra, NailGuards cost just $10 more per tire...
...entertaining it was to watch the cute little robot strut its stuff, it would always be the person in space who enthralled the public heart. All the old images that came back with Alan Shepard's death a few weeks ago--the splashdown, the A-O.K.s, the Michelin tire man's space suits--connected to our favorite machines: ourselves...
...emerged with a guilty verdict, putting a killer behind bars for life. Case closed. Thus was textbook justice meted out last week in Los Angeles, when jurors convicted Mikail Markhasev, 19, of fatally shooting Ennis Cosby, venerable entertainer Bill's only son, while he was changing a flat tire on Jan. 16, 1997. The Cosby family issued a brief statement saying it was "satisfied" with the outcome. Los Angeles district attorney Gil Garcetti stood outside the Santa Monica courthouse beaming and showering kudos on his staff for scoring a high-profile conviction...