Word: wheeling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...souped-up Chevy Lumina circles the track at North Carolina's Charlotte Motor Speedway. At the wheel is Tom Cruise, daredevil superstar. The hazel eyes that laser out of his handsome face focus on the thrill of speed and risk. Nor is this challenge confined to a roadway's hard curve; it applies as well to his career in the movies, even if it means taking dangerous curves toward roles that might confound his fans. This day, after a dozen laps, Cruise sees a dime, stops on it and emerges from the Lumina to say hello to a visitor...
...give a stong spine, a roulette wheel and dice...
While the contents of the trash can are easy to see, the all-but-invisible fumes that pour out of automobile tail pipes are just as damaging to the environment. Every time Americans climb behind the wheel, they make their own personal contribution to the global-warming threat. Here again, a gradual modification of life-style can make a dramatic difference. When possible, use mass transit and support its development and expansion. For short distances, consider using a bicycle; it is excellent aerobic exercise. And, as in the energy-short 1970s, buy more fuel-efficient autos and carpool to work...
...Writing] was their health, it was not their sickness. I think the writing was their balance wheel.... They took life's chances... it's a very daring thing to tell the whole truth about what it's like to be alive...
...Lowell called writing verse a way of getting on with life, no matter how painful it was," says Lowell Professor of the Humanities William Alfred, a friend of the late poet. "[Writing] was their health, it was not their sickness. I think the writing was their balance wheel...