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...drink, snack or newspaper to their daily fix. And as the rampant fencing-out of smokers from restaurants, bars, offices and even the front stoops of federal buildings continues apace, smokers are clearly on their way to harming no one but themselves. (Drinkers, especially those who get behind the wheel, are more likely to harm innocents...
Even now, she admits to being at a nexus; driving her truck and taking classes, doing her homework at 4 in the morning, falling asleep in the library, staying awake behind the wheel. A severe shoulder injury at work in October has forced her to look at things with a new perspective and wonder if it’s time to concentrate all her energies on education...
Young Jack Lemmon sits behind the wheel of a convertible in his first film, a 1951 public-service short called Once Too Often. He looks a pleasant fellow, someone to prize as a neighbor in the sunny suburbia of the postwar era. His behavior is that of any blithe burgher: a carefree puff of his cigarette, a heavy foot on the gas pedal, an appreciative glance at a lovely lady as his car draws alongside hers. Then the scene cuts to black and...CRASH!, a sickening fusion of metal and flesh. What begins as comedy, and accelerates toward romance, explodes...
...cruiser is waiting for me and as soon as I say, with customary pride, that I'm Caroline's Dad, the lights begin to flash and we wheel about in tandem. We cross the canal and travel. . . . well, I have no idea how far we travel. A mile, maybe. I do know that as we turn into the Saints Memorial parking lot I realize that this is yet another hospital that has gone under and been reborn. "This used to be Saint John's," I say to Kevin...
...Pena became the one clear voice. In 18 months she has testified before Congress and five state and local legislatures. Her story has helped motivate 10 counties to outlaw the use of handheld phones in cars. Last year 20 states considered bills outlawing or limiting phone use behind the wheel, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. This year New York and Rhode Island look poised to pass such restrictions into...