PREPOSITION ALERT
WE OF a certain age have been taught by Mrs. Grimbly not to end a sentence with a preposition, such as “Who are you going with?” Winston Churchill famously (though … Continue reading
HOLMES IN JAPAN
THE NEAREST that Sherlock Holmes ever got to Japan was his hiatus in Tibet, but this didn’t keep him from becoming one of Japan’s most popular folk heroes. Watson’s first … Continue reading
DON’T DIS THE I.C. ENGINE!
CONVENTIONAL ENGINES of the internal combustion variety aren’t going away any time soon. These powerplants are getting cleaner, more efficient—and they’ll hold a cost advantage over those of hybrid electric … Continue reading
THE GENERAL GAMBOLS
THIS PHOTO of U.S.A.F. Gen. Curtis LeMay originally appeared in the January 1960 issue of Road & Track. A comment was added, “We’d humbly suggest that the general should fasten … Continue reading
ENERGY ECONOMICS: ALUMINUM AND ICELAND
WHY EVER should Iceland, perched at the confluence of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, have a viable business of producing aluminum, even importing the ore all the way from … Continue reading
THE DELLOW SPORTS CAR
THE DELLOW sports car is so English, it makes one’s teeth ache. Built between 1949 and 1956 in tiny numbers (perhaps 300 total), it was designed for the uniquely British … Continue reading
A BIT OF ALUMINUM
LIKE HYDROGEN, aluminum is lightweight. Like hydrogen, it is one of the most common of elements. Alas, also like hydrogen, it’s among the most promiscuous. That is, aluminum loves to … Continue reading
ALBERGO VERBANO, ISOLA DEI PESCATORI
THE LAKES of northern Italy, Como, Maggiore, Orta and Garda, are among my favorite places in the world. On Lago Maggiore about 50 miles northwest of Milan lies Isola dei … Continue reading
ON PROFREADING
IN PRODUCING a new edition of the King James Bible in 1631, the King’s Printer, Robert Barker, made a slight mistake: Its seventh commandment came out “Thou shalt commit adultery.” … Continue reading
2012 TOYOTA RAV4 EV
THIS SECOND iteration of Toyota’s popular RAV4 transformed into an electric vehicle could well be called the Toyota/Tesla. When this joint venture was announced back in 2010, I had to … Continue reading
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