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...resent being psychoanalyzed this way. I resent being classed with gun nuts and sexual predators every time I switch into four-wheel drive. I'm after traction, not dominance, O.K.? It snows a lot where I live, and my desire to reach my office safely isn't proof of some dark syndrome...
...other side are champions of the land barge. These assorted auto lobbyists, free-market enthusiasts and moms on car-pool duty say there's nothing wrong with roominess, four-wheel drive and a seat high enough to give you a look at the world. Owing to their Establishment orientation, SUV partisans aren't burning anything (except gas); their defense is mostly carried out in sedate op-eds. After enduring months of attacks, pro-SUV forces cheered last month when it was disclosed that the Bush Administration wants to increase a tax break allowing small businesses to deduct much...
...skin and led to its crack-up in the skies over Texas. Of course, they acknowledged, it was also possible that the ship actually started breaking up over California, and it might not have been foam that killed it, but a meteor. Or turbulence. Or an explosion in the wheel well. In fact, it began to seem that the only thing NASA could say with certainty was that nothing seemed to be certain...
...foam was not behind the disaster, the wheel well might have been. Some of the flaky temperature readings that came down from the ship in its last few minutes originated in the left well, leading to fears that explosive bolts intended to help lower the wheel if it became stuck might have blown, damaging the ship. But the very purpose of the bolts is to detonate in the wheel space and do so safely. What's more, the well temperatures rose only about 40ºF in the last minutes of the flight, worrisome but not nearly high enough to trigger...
...apres J. Lo, le deluge: there were sweats-inspired looks on the runway at Ralph Lauren, Prada and Valentino. The wheel has come full circle. At the most recent haute couture shows, the folks from Juicy Couture announced they would soon release a tracksuit for (gasp!) men. --By Tony Karon