NEW YORK AUTO SHOW 1962
THE SIXTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL Automobile Show, April 21–29, 1962, at the New York Coliseum was less than four hours from the Worcester Poly campus, so why not top off the … Continue reading
FAUX (AND FUN) BIOS
BIOGRAPHIES, LITERALLY “PICTURES OF LIFE,” are assumed to be truthful narratives. Unless, of course, they’re written by or for scoundrels. Or written with a firmly placed tongue in cheek. I … Continue reading
AROUND THE WORLD IN ONE-HUNDRED-THIRTY-SEVEN DAYS PART 2
THE RMS FRANCONIA CIRCLED the world in 1929. Yesterday’s Part 1 got us from New York to Monaco. Today we complete the circumnavigation, with even a couple of interesting variations, … Continue reading
AROUND THE WORLD IN ONE-HUNDRED-THIRTY-SEVEN DAYS PART 1
MOST TRAVEL BOOKS are written after the fact. But this one is an enticement, not memorabilia. The enticement is unabashed: “The Cunard Line and Thos. Cook & Son, pioneers extraordinaire … Continue reading
1952 PLYMOUTH CAMBRIDGE—A TYPICAL AMERICAN CAR
ROAD AND TRACK, MARCH 1952, wrote, “If you’re looking for a functional car, built along American lines, and in the American concept of great roominess and simplicity of operation—there’s no … Continue reading
EALING TIDBITS PART 2
YESTERDAY’S TIDBITS GLEANED from George Perry’s Forever Ealing focused on the earliest days of this British film studio. Today in Part 2, Ealing adds sounds to the moving images, which … Continue reading
EALING TIDBITS PART 1
IN 1950S’ CLEVELAND, a TV station not showing the Browns game would entertain us on Sunday afternoons with British cinema. Given it was before frozen TV dinners, my dad would … Continue reading
L’EBÉ’S VIEWS PART 2
ETTORE BUGATTI’S LIFE and cars have been oft documented, but seldom in as charming a fashion as in his daughter L’Ebé’s account in The Bugatti Story. Here in Part 2 … Continue reading
L’EBÉ’S VIEWS PART 1
DAUGHTERS ARE GOOD as biographers, especially if you’re the biographee. (Suz and Beth, take note.) Assuming they leave the hagiography to others, daughters certainly have first-hand knowledge of their subject’s … Continue reading
BIOFUELS—ASSESSED HOLISTICALLY
BLENDING CORN-BASED ETHANOL into gasoline has been seen as a means of reducing anthropomorphic carbon dioxide emissions. However, “Environmental Outcomes of the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., … Continue reading
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