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a public ceremony during which the sentences upon those brought before the Spanish Inquisition were read and after which the sentences were executed by the secular authorities. The first auto-da-fe ...
auto sacramental
(Spanish: "sacramental act"), Spanish dramatic genre that reached its height in the 17th century with autos written by the playwright Pedro Calderon de la Barca. Performed outdoors as part of the ...
Grand Theft Auto
video game created by the American company Rockstar Games and published in 1997 and 1998 by the American Softworks Corporation (ASC Games) for play on video game consoles and personal computers. ...
Increasing Safety in Auto Racing: A Winning Formula?
Automobile racing aficionados had never denied that part of the attraction of their favourite sport was the element of perceived danger. The skill of the drivers, the talent of the car constructors, ...
automobile
a usually four-wheeled vehicle designed primarily for passenger transportation and commonly propelled by an internal-combustion engine using a volatile fuel.NASCAR
sanctioning body for stock-car racing in North America, founded in 1948 in Daytona Beach, Fla., and responsible for making stock-car racing a widely popular sport in the United States by the turn of ...
Sports and Games
More than ever before, in 2006 auto racing for the top professionals in the United States was as much a case of "show me the money" as it was about the thrill of competition. American and foreign ...
Automobile Racing
Top-level professional auto racing in the U.S. survived a turbulent year of change in 2004, and the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), the dominant sanctioning organization, ...
Automobile Racing
Tragedy and off-track turmoil notwithstanding, U.S. auto racing's major organizations posted another stirring-if less profitable-season. The death of Dale Earnhardt, Sr. (see Obituaries), a quarter ...
AUTOMOBILE RACING
Jeff Gordon and his Dupont Refinishes Chevrolet Monte Carlo team (headed by crew chief Ray Evernham) dominated the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) in 1998, the 50th year of ...
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