Bob Newhart used to be a bookkeeper.
According to one Kerrville auto dealer, accepted rules of the road in 1916 included: “Keep to the right, don’t cut corners but circle all the way, use your horn, when you see a broken bottle in the middle of the road, stop and pick up the pieces.”
The Stanley Steamer’s nickname was the “Flying Teapot.”
When the Edmonton Oilers won their first Stanley Cup, owner Peter Pocklington submitted his father’s name as part of the team. The name was inscribed, but was later X’d out when officials noticed what had been done.
Half of Bombay, India’s 13 million people live in the streets or in ransack huts.
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This article appears in June 6 • 1997 and June 6 • 1997 (Cover).