Word: metallism
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...enough. Enthusiast Mark Meeberg owns 18 custom-made Bourget's, and his collection is valued at more than $1 million. Meeberg, who made his fortune as the owner of a commercial reconstruction business, speaks of the "freedom" he feels while riding. On his $135,000 Cobra, every piece of metal is streamlined to the machine so there is not a straight line on the bike, and that union of form and function takes his mind off everything else. "I have a real high-stress business, but when I get the chance to get on a bike for 15 minutes...
...engineering college in the northern state of Uttaranchal five years ago. Like other freshmen, Kaliyar was told he could not look seniors directly in the eye but had to stare down at the third button on his shirt. Seniors cursed him, slapped him and struck him with a metal ruler. They also entered the hostel around midnight one day and forced his friends to strip and rub Vaseline on each others' bodies, he said. "It was all for their sadistic fun." But freshmen were reluctant to retaliate, he said, reasoning they needed to befriend seniors for books and jobs...
...Harvard does have one distinct disadvantage: its housing. After the Crimson’s victory, I came home to Dunster and proudly hung up my Harvard hoodie. In the process, I scraped my elbow, as I do everyday, on the exposed metal hinges of the closet in my 1936 servant’s quarter. I rationalized the peeling paint by imagining that Al Franken ’73 (Dunster) lived here. And who cares if my window is too warped to open? It’s already winter in Cambridge...
...talents best fit into the global supply chain, says Eduardo Tugendhat, president and CEO of Carana Corporation, a company which designs economic development programs. In Macedonia, a land-locked country with a small domestic market, Tuhendhat's firm suggested harnessing the nation's long tradition of metal working and pushing into the machining and automotive parts sectors in order to take advantage of the growing auto industry in neighboring Slovakia and Romania - two countries that have become a hot spot because of their inexpensive labor and access to the markets of the European Union...
...will still have the familiar portrait of the 16th President on the heads side, but tails will feature one of four scenes from his life. (Being considered is one of Lincoln speaking before the Illinois legislature.) That is, if the project survives. It was approved two years ago, before metal prices jumped. At last count, each penny cost 1.67¢ to produce...