Word: tiring
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...Fueled by abundant and cheap gas and the availability of rubber-tire production, the U.S. vehicle market grew to a 16 million-unit-per-year business. This year that number will be under 10 million, which will cause nearly every auto company doing business in the U.S. to show red ink. (See the 50 worst cars of all time...
...camps dotted among the vast stretches of land belonging to the Tarakais, where the family grows sugarcane, wheat, corn and very lucrative quantities of tobacco. The family also operates power projects and recently acquired the Pakistan franchise for Gloria Jean's, a café chain. It owns a tire factory in Swat's main town of Mingora, but like much else in the valley, it was seized by the Taliban. In recent years, Liaqat Tarakai has slowly pushed the family into the political arena. "We have no need of government help," he proudly declares. "We are self-sufficient." (See pictures...
...that FlyBy doesn't want to be reading. In our (hopelessly uncultured but humble) view, lyric-less selections are meant to be the stuff of symphonies, stoners, and stoners who occasionally listen to symphonies. This was Yardfest, not some crappy Woodstock do-over with a tire swing, bad corndogs, and a lot less acid. This was CEB-certified. This was supposed to be a sure bet. So FlyBy decided to check it out. And...well...it was pretty much what we expected. More after the jump...
...seconds. The opening scene runs about 10 minutes and is a smartly choreographed ballet mécanique. But Rodriguez's character isn't around much longer; Letty gets killed soon after. Fortunately, when Dom examines the crime scene, he turns out to have skills as both a specialist in tire-tread forensics and a bit of a psychic profiler: he can "see" the events leading to Letty's death - including the identity of the creep who killed...
...SWING SETS The Obama girls' new playground has a tire swing, climbing wall, fort and slide...