Word: wheeling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...transporting dangerous materials have been born of disasters. In 1978, 23 cars of a slow-moving Louisville and Nashville train derailed in Waverly, Tenn. A day later, a tanker containing propane exploded, killing 16 railroad workers, Government officials and bystanders, and injuring 30 others. Investigators learned that a railroad wheel had broken and had sent the cars off the track. Later, the Government banned that type of wheel from use on trains carrying hazardous materials...
...like a truck." The vehicles can also be purchased with air conditioning, power seats and expensive stereo equipment. Says Ed Rikess, owner of Southview Chevrolet in St. Paul: "The biggest option is the fanciest music system we can get." One out of four small pickups is sold with four-wheel drive, which provides greater traction on slippery roads and the freedom to gambol across beaches and hills...
Pickups have also developed a sporty, no-nonsense image. Larry Burrough, a Los Angeles newspaper editor who owns a four-wheel-drive Toyota, admits he some times feels "kind of strange pulling up to a nice restaurant with Rolls-Royces and Mercedes in the parking lot, and me in the pickup." But, he quickly adds, "nobody seems to mind." Says AMC Chairman Paul Tippett: "People are finding trucks a reasonable and sophisticated alternative to cars." The vehicles are particularly popular in Western states, where they are viewed as a fuel-efficient, inexpensive way to carry skis and surfboards...
Mitsumasa Anno has been called the Escher of Japan because of his ability to trick the eye and educate the mind. In Anno's Flea Market (Philomel; $11.95), two old peasants wheel a cart across a medieval square. Horseless carriages suddenly appear in the background. A stagecoach is on display, and African explorers have arrived with a cache of ivory tusks. In Anno's crowded canvas, allusions are everywhere: the novels of Robert Louis Stevenson, the paintings of Monet, the films of Rene Clair reach across the years. With his panoramic, limitless cast, this flea market constantly renews...
...deftly walked the line between passive overseer and overbearing boss, nudging consensus into shape when he could, urging the White House to change legislative tacks when he could not. The institution is balky, filled with large egos and powerful fiefdoms. The majority leader has to wheedle and plead, wheel and deal, yet maintain an almost presidential gravity...