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...explain why, I'm going to have to tell another story. Yesterday, trucking along on the Interstate in rural Minnesota, I got my first flat tire. Luckily, it was the middle of the afternoon, so I just got out of my car and stood on the shoulder, trying to look helpless. Inside of ten minutes, a nice gentleman named Scott pulled over to help me. He taught me to change a tire while telling me about his three daughters and how he only hoped someone else would do the same for them...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, | Title: Between Two Coasts, A Hospitable Heartland | 7/2/1999 | See Source »

Onlookers applauded when Sophie arrived with her father, a former tire salesman. Considerably less crinolined than the dresses of Diana and Sarah, Sophie's fitted silk-organza-and-crepe gown nevertheless boasted 325,000 cut-glass and pearl beads and a formidable train. Her veil was affixed with a diamond tiara borrowed from the Queen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welcome To The Firm | 6/28/1999 | See Source »

...County Line the evening Schartner was killed, though not with her. Later he'd walked into a convenience store with blood on his face, hands and clothes--the result, he said, of a fight at another bar. There were no witnesses to the killing. But circumstantial evidence--including tire tracks consistent with those from O'Dell's car and tests of the blood on his clothing--seemed to link him to the crime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Sister's Plea: Test the DNA | 6/28/1999 | See Source »

Lifting two cats to kitty heaven on a flying tire is hard enough on a multimillion dollar Broadway stage...

Author: By Raymond G. Huessy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Huessy, 'Human Xerox Machine,' Duplicates the World for the Stage | 6/8/1999 | See Source »

...often faces some interesting artistic challenges. Besides the flying tire in the finale of "Cats," Huessy had to land a helicopter onstage in "Miss Saigon" and lower a fully furnished mansion to the stage in "Sunset Boulevard...

Author: By Raymond G. Huessy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Huessy, 'Human Xerox Machine,' Duplicates the World for the Stage | 6/8/1999 | See Source »

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