Word: pistone
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...first potter's wheel--a stone that had to be heavy enough to continue turning between kicks from someone's foot. Flywheels were a prominent feature of the Industrial Revolution, delivering a smooth flow of power over the bumps and jerks made by an engine's piston strokes, and small flywheels perform that function in every car today...
Harvard's elevators are inspected annually,Moore said, and any violations or recommendationsare written up for him to examine and correct.Recent suggestions for improvement have includedrepacking a piston, installing a light guard, andsecuring a top floor heist way floor track...
...native of Westfield, Massachusetts, Rzewski graduated from Phillips Academy Andover in 1954 and came to Harvard. He studied here under Walter Piston but was also greatly influenced by Christian Wolff, at that time a graduate student in the classics department. Wolff introduced Rzewski to the avant-garde chance techniques of John Cage and Morton Feldman as well as those of Wolff himself, and Rzewski eventually became as famous for performing the works of these composers as for his own music. Upon graduating from Harvard, Rzewski spent two years at Princeton before going to Europe on Fulbright and Ford Foundation grants...
...athletes and threatened to give boxing an even blacker eye. Evander Holyfield, the titleholder in Tyson's absence, had a Mr. Olympia physique but the charisma of a C.P.A. -- until November, when he fought challenger Riddick Bowe. Holyfield lost the decision, but in standing up to Bowe's horrifying piston punches he proved himself the champ Tyson could never...
Taplin himself, an engineer, has invented several items, including a leak-free piston seal to reduce pollutants from vehicle exhausts which is now widely used. Other Taplin creations include devices to regulate cabin pressure in high-altitude aircraft and speed controls for aircraft engines...