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...asked. The motorcycle jerked as Stith clutched and released the brake. The engine revved and we began an abrupt acceleration. Stith quickly informed me that she was deeply opposed to many of the common practices of motorcycle culture—most of all the entire notion of the biker bar, which she believes brings drinking and driving into uncomfortably close proximity...
...fashion circles. Fresh and new are the watchwords. And in the first two decades of his 46-year career, Saint Laurent, now 65, threw up plenty that was both. He made trousers and suits completely acceptable dress for women, night and day. He glamorized the pea coat, the leather biker jacket, the safari jacket and the peasant dress. He scandalized couture with transparent fabrics. His way with color was as improbable as it was unerring...
Yesterday I saw a biker on DeWolfe Street talking to the driver of a car next to him. “Why did you overtake me and then turn right in front of me?” he asked. I immediately knew what had transpired: Biker in the bike lane on Mt. Auburn Street, car overtakes biker and makes an immediate right, biker slams on brakes and, if is lucky, avoids missing car. It has happened to me. You can’t see the car’s blinker—if it’s on?...
...This isn’t a rant against the inconsiderateness of Bostonians. A relative of a friend was killed in a similar accident in San Francisco. I didn’t know that until this week, but ever since coming to college and becoming a full-time pedestrian and/or biker, I have been appalled by the way drivers slalom around the city streets in their 2-ton metal projectiles. How dare they play chicken with my life...
...lifestyle that's surprising for the son of a Baptist minister. His wife, who suffers from a chronic illness, has never moved to Washington. He likes night spots, parties, stogies and rock concerts (he once jumped into a mosh pit). A Harley driver, he posed for raunchy biker magazine Easyriders and a spoof calendar called Hunks on the Hill...