The Rabeled Sleeve of Care
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Last week, President Bush called on all Americans to conserve fuel and cut down on unnecessary driving. Now when a smart oil man from Texas, or even President Bush, tells you to conserve gas, you have to listen... Aired Monday, October 3, 2005. [MORE]
Children of the Corn
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Aired Monday, September 26, 2005. [MORE]
Death Highway
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Of this, I am not proud. Sometimes, when I'm medicating myself on the couch with heavy doses of cable TV, I'll watch the crash-cart docu-dramas The Critical Hour, and even Trauma: Life and Death in the ER. I love these shows, and they are very educational. If you want I'll put in a chest tube for you... Aired Monday, September 19, 2005. [MORE]
Martyrs of a Better Future?
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What good can come out of the murdering tide that now swamps New Orleans and the Gulf Coast? Let's take a step back, be, as they say in the Crescent City, sang froid... Aired Monday, September 12, 2005. [MORE]
Bugatti Queen
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I'd like to recommend a book. 'Bugatti Queen' tells the story of Helle Nice, an attractive and athletic French woman who - I wish there was a nicer way to say this - prostituted herself for race cars during her two-decade career as a daredevil driver and competitor in European grand prix racing. Aired Monday, August 29, 2005. [MORE]
In Case of Rapture, this Ferrari will be Unoccupied
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In the pompadoured legions of television evangelists, Dr. Jack Van Impe of Troy, Mich., has God's own hair - a silvery cock's comb with the weightless fluff of an angel's wing. So bright, so perfect, so unlike the Red Sea that was parted down the middle. It's hair with ecclesiastic authority. Aired Monday, August 1, 2005. [MORE]
Put on a Happy Face
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In the history of four wheels and an engine, few automobiles have landed with such a sopping wet, suicide-on-the-sidewalk report as the Pontiac Aztek. From the moment the curtain drew back at the 2000 auto show in Detroit, people hated it with a dark, unappeasable glee. One wag said the Aztek looked like Montezuma's Revenge feels. So much for nuance. Aired Monday, July 25, 2005. [MORE]
The Sexing up of NASCAR
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I want to have Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s baby. These are feelings that I wasn't expecting. Growing up watching stock-car racing in North Carolina, I never felt that way about Buddy or Cale or Richard or Benny. But there is just something about Junior. The close-set eyes, those thin lips, the yam-orange hair. That boy is hot. Aired Monday, July 18, 2005. [MORE]
Ebaymotors: Putting your loved ones up for auction
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Ebay, the online Mercado, is itself a phenomenon of restless acquisition, a testament to the truth that is better to want than to have. And so it is that Ebay has flourished as the nation cleans out its garage, and fills it back up again, with the same dispossessed possessions. Aired Monday, July 11, 2005. [MORE]
Italian Seasoning
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Two boys experience the magical thrill of Ferrari. Aired Monday, June 27, 2005. [MORE]
Oil on Troubled Waters
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If Rudolph Diesel were alive today, would he kill himself all over again? Still-promising technology has yet to take off in the United States. Aired Monday, June 20, 2005. [MORE]
Hybrids: I Sing the Body Gas-Electric
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Oriental auto manufacturers leading the pack in the hybrid revolution. Aired Monday, June 13, 2005. [MORE]
Steve McQueen: The Thrill of the Chase
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Real cars. Real drivers. Real time. Real danger. Aired Monday, June 6, 2005. [MORE]
Blinded by the Light
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Bi-Xenon HID lamps are brilliant, powerful, compact... and painfully intense on the receiving end. Aired Monday, May 23, 2005. [MORE]