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...Murciélago shoots from 0 to 60 in 3.8 sec. and has a top speed of 200 m.p.h. I'll take Lambo's word for it. Unless you're on a closed course or have a death wish, it's tough to push it to the max. On New York's Taconic Parkway, I never had to shift above fourth gear to feel like a human cannonball and pull all the Le Mans moves I could safely muster. With four-wheel drive and Pirelli 18-in. tires, the car never felt unstable. But here's the rub: it takes every...
...nation's criminals. It was at this point that prominent gangsters began trying to enter the case in pursuit of either public sympathy or publicity. Owney Madden of the Manhattan beerage offered his support. Scarface Al Capone posted a reward for the child's return, expressed a wish to Hearst Editor Arthur Brisbane that he be let out of his Chicago jail long enough to direct the release of the child. Last week this offer was renewed in more positive form through a Capone agent to Col. Lindbergh. Capone promised to return the baby "in two or three days...
...Harvard helped me a lot,” he says. “Of course I cannot help Harvard; they don’t need my help. I wish sometime before I die to do something for the Square, for the professionals, for the young people, because the University gave me a lot of help. If someone comes to this country and he doesn’t appreciate what this country can give to you, [he] is a person who is not worth a penny...
...with any Disney movie, an overarching (perhaps overbearing) theme is that of regret at dreams lost: the mothers have much of it and do not wish any upon their daughters so they end up forcing them to follow their own dreams, while inadvertently making their daughters miserable...
...Another child complains about being interrogated by his mother whenever he returns from visiting his dad. The father has a new girlfriend, and Mum wants to know if they sleep in the same bed. Says a teenage girl of her parents: "I just wish they realized how scary it is when they argue and fight." A little girl tugs the heartstrings with, "Maybe if I'd tried harder not to be naughty, Dad would still be here...