Word: wheeling
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...Unwaxed pieces, however, are thinner and can fit better in small cracks. And rack and pinyon steering is the term for a geared steering mechanism first found in European cars. The system has fewer linkages than ordinary steering (one rather than five or six) so that the steering wheel's motion is transferred more completely to the bar connecting the wheels and hence the wheels. The rack, which is perpendicular to the steering rod, is this connecting bar. On the rack is the pinyon, or gears themselves. (I must admit that I did not learn about most of the parts...
Robertson said he supports the ideas behind the Ivy Sound, although his involvement will only be temporary. "There are a lot of rivalries and friendships at the Ivy League schools," he said. "People are always re-inventing the wheel because they don't know what's happening on other campuses...
Where else could a reader find in one place that the most popular numbers on a roulette wheel are 17 and 29, that until the mid-19th century, many Swiss believed washing the feet weakened the eyes, or that the absentminded Voltaire once began a letter "My dear Hortense" and ended it "Farewell, my dear Adele"? Where else is it written that 22 of the 633 men aboard Lord Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar were Americans, that the Syrian general Nicator fainted at the sound of a flute, that the 1883 explosion of the Krakatoa volcano was the loudest sound...
...Ivan wasn't promoting efficiency--he was promoting himself. He was able to know which number the ball would land on before the roulette wheel was even spun. His competitors were simply playing the odds--as far as we know...
...black bulletproof Mercedes limousine pulled up at the crowded downtown plaza as the final United Left rally before the balloting in Lima's tight mayoral race was getting under way. Peering through the dark tinted windshield, the man behind the wheel discreetly -- and expertly -- gauged the size and mood of the crowd. Then he made a quick decision: the candidate for mayor put up by his ruling center-left Popular American Revolutionary Alliance (A.P.R.A.) needed help. The limo wheeled around and headed back to the presidential palace half a mile away. Bucking a tradition that has kept Peruvian chief executives...