Word: wheel
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...murderer is chased from the tunel of love, through the fun house and the house of mirrors, through the crowd and to the ferris wheel, one thinks for just a brief moment that perhaps he has seen it all before and wonders why he ever bothered. By this time, however, the villain is climbing the ferris wheel, sirens are sounding, women are screaming, and at such a moment, who can doubt...
...Cadillac was found on a quiet street in Queens, its motor still running. Jan Drake was slumped against the car window, one bullet hole in her temple, a second in her neck. The diminutive mobster lay dead with his head on her lap, one chubby hand still clutching the wheel and the blood from three head wounds slowly staining his natty blue silk suit...
...accident on an ordinary road last winter, Britain's fastest, most expert drivers have pretty much throttled down out on the highway, with one exception: Countess Attlee, 63, wife of and longtime driver for former Prime Minister Clement Attlee. Last week Lady Attlee, whose cool daring behind the wheel gave newsmen a run for their copy during election campaigns, had a bit of bad luck, cracked a collarbone in a collision at a North London crossroads known as "Danger Junction." It was her fifth crash in four years...
Wouk feels, though, that Judaism is gravely threatened today in America, and he threat is not the traditional one of exclusion or persecution. He personifies Judaism as "Mr. Abramson" disappearing down a broad highway at the wheel of a high-powered station wagon, with the golf clubs piled in the back. Wouk puts it in terms of an imaginary news tory: "Mr. Abramson left his home in the morning after a hearty breakfast, apparently in the best of health, and was not seen again. His last words were that he would get in a round before going...
...gold? Sanders gracefully steps aside to allow her to come to her decision, but Tab leans forward again-in Central Park, Staten Island and Grand Central Station-and displays those bald eyeballs. Meekly Sophia once more obeys the scriptwriter. Tab takes possession, like a tot getting behind the wheel of a Thunderbird...