troquero n.— «Unlike the common vision of a trucker, an old white man wearing a cowboy hat drinking a big gulp full of coffee, most truckers in LA are Latino, some are women, and most speak Spanish. They call themselves troqueros.…Troqueros, or...
nanorover n.— «Would the rover descend into the crater or just peer over the edge? Would it launch a much smaller tethered rover—a “nanorover” in the current Esa phraseology—or fire harpoons down into the dark ice?» —“Europe’s lunar vision...
wraparound service adj.— «It coincided with changes in the child-welfare system, including the development of care-management organizations to work with children and more focus on what’s known as wraparound services. The idea is to supply children...
workout n.— «Tomlin was employed by a Columbia bank doing “workouts”—a term for taking a seized, failing business and making it profitable—and turned a failing workers’ dormitory in Hilton Head into successful vacation condominiums.» —“Bull Street...
vision strip n.— «Indeed, during the 1970s, many districts, including San Diego Unified, began to construct new schools with no windows. Educators argued that windows prevented students from concentrating; architects of these schools created...
cyclops mirror n.— «But he said the driver’s blindspot in front of the vehicle still extended to three ft and there was also a substantial loss of vision towards the front left of the truck. On the extra front facing mirrors, also known as cyclops...