John Philpotts, prosecuting, said Bather then drove through a no-entry area along a slip road and went down the wrong side of a dual carriageway.

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No matter what the numbers say, blasting through a twisting road is still a lot more fun in a little convertible than in a two-ton SUV.

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But no one knows what was going through his mind when his car unaccountably left the road and crashed into a eucalyptus tree.

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From this traditional ranching land, the road follows the Sierra Nevada Mountains northeast through the baking Mojave Desert to a place where no ranching actually takes place, yet the most famous cowboys of them all have come to strut their stuff.

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They no longer believe in the great rewards down the road, the powers and skills that will come to them through practice and discipline.

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There's enough foreboding in America right now to make sitting through a movie such as "The Road" seem like one more heavy burden that, frankly, no one needs.

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