Word: wheelerism
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...sinewy man with a shaved head and a black LIVE TO DRIVE biker shirt guides his 18-wheeler across the Ambassador Bridge from Windsor, Ont., to Detroit. He pulls into the U.S. customs yard, braking next to a National Guard tent festooned with last year's Christmas lights. It's July 1, one of the hottest days of the year, and the stagnant air at the foot of the bridge--the busiest commercial border crossing in North America--is thick with the smell of diesel...
...leaped to more than 100 million units in 2000, compared with just 62 million in 1980. But what about couch potatoes who have no willpower to pedal? At least two manufacturers, Aprilia in Italy and Manhattan Scientifics in the U.S., think they have the answer: make the venerable two-wheeler propel itself with its very own fuel cell. --With reporting by Joseph R. Szczesny/Detroit
Still, for Harrods executive chef Stephen Wheeler, who oversees a culinary team of 155 from the basement kitchens and prepares 4,000 meals each day, it can be frustrating not to be better-known in the world of cuisine. He is resigned: "What is most important is that we know we are preparing the highest quality of food." And making a certain fashion statement at the same time...
...first hit, "Rocket '88'," has some of the boogie-woogie triplets, rolling rhythm down low and bang-it-till-it-breaks urgency on high that were later identified with Lewis. In September 1954, Parker recorded his own "Mystery Train," a spectral blues song that has sax-man James Wheeler evoking a train's mournful whistle and Floyd Murphy's guitar providing the chugging wheels. Ten months later Elvis covered it, speeding the tempo and lending the tune his own eccentric authority...
...entrepreneurial culture that he began calling himself an "American with a German passport." But his plan to transform the firm from an insular private company to a stock market star ended up vexing the family that owns it. Last week, Middelhoff was out. "He was a real wheeler-dealer at a time when we're in a back-to-basics market," said Nick Bell, media analyst at Bear Stearns in London. "I think he was pushing too fast. It's a very conservative group...