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Last week the hamster in the wheel was Marv Albert. The sportscaster had started it spinning, to be sure, but the wheel, further propelled by justice and journalism, picked up so much speed that the former Marvin Aufrichtig just had to get off. On Thursday afternoon, in a bizarre end to a bizarre trial at Virginia's Arlington County courthouse, Albert, 56, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of assault and battery in a case brought by a longtime lover. In the bargain, which prosecutors said had been offered to Albert before the trial began, the far more serious charge...
Mouse on Mars pulls off this complexity with an uncanny musicality. They aren't just standing behind synthesizers pushing buttons, but use electronics as bona fide instruments, not toys. The band is definitely at the wheel here-no computerized autopilot makes this album groove...
...defining factor here was the bad judgment of a driver who had been drinking and the equally poor judgment of those who let him take the wheel and drive them to their death, an action over which they had a choice. NORMAN L. BENDER Woodbridge, Conn...
...chases shown in movies, an auto often catapults into the air as it goes over a hill, when, for a moment, inertia overcomes gravity. Is it possible the tragic accident in Paris involved the same principle? If the speeding Mercedes became airborne, a slight turn of the steering wheel, which should have been sufficient to negotiate a curve on the roadway, would have been ineffective. Perhaps the accident had more to do with physics than with alcohol. MERRICK LOCKWOOD Dhaka...
...room at Pitie-Salpetriere hospital. Although he recalls the final moments before leaving the Ritz and getting into the car, Rees-Jones, 29, remembers nothing about the accident itself. He did tell the judge that driver HENRI PAUL seemed to be in a perfectly normal state before taking the wheel, though blood tests showed he was legally drunk. But when asked for details about the moments leading up to the accident itself, Rees-Jones repeatedly answered, "I don't remember." After some 20 minutes, questioning ended...