Word: sidecar
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...N.Y.S.E. has adopted a flight of funny-named trading curbs: "collars" prevent certain computerized stock trading when the Dow is up or down 50 points in a day; the "sidecar" rule gives small orders priority when the market is moving briskly; and "circuit breakers" halt trading for 30 minutes when the Dow is down 350 points and for one hour when it is down 550 points. The curbs ensure that investors have time to think. But at the end of the day, if what they think is that they should sell, their brokers, the fund companies and the exchanges...
...spends its night:"Mostly, I roam. You know that old B-52's song, "Roam? "Well, I guess you could say that that's my motto. I go up and down the streets, zooming around the neighborhood, you know, with a sidecar and stuff...
...sidecar? "Well, technically I guess I don't have a side-car per se, but sometimes I imagine my self with one, zooming up and down, scaring small children...
Zampano is a bully at best. He calls himself an artist, but really he is nothing but a circus sideshow performer. He works by himself, travelling from town to town and breaking iron chains with his chest muscles. Gelsomina rides in the motorcycle's sidecar and keeps house for Zampano. He also trains her to blow a trumpet and give the drum roll which announce his presence on stage. He beats her with a switch and curses at her until she gets it right...