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1. Stroke Vioxx -- Heart Attacks
   Merck pulled Vioxx from the market yesterday due to findings of internal studies which showed that patients who took Vioxx had increased risk of heart attack and stroke. Vioxx was a very profitable product for Merck with sales of nearly $2 billion a year in the last two years. In fact, Merck spent $160 million in the first year of the drug's release to promote Vioxx, more than was spent advertising Pepsi or Budweiser during the same period.
2. Diesel Engine -- Cylinders
   The desire to improve the diesel engine's power-to-weight ratio produced several novel cylinder arrangements to extract more power from a given capacity. The Napier Deltic engine, with three cylinders arranged in a triangular formation, each containing two opposed-action pistons, the whole engine having three crankshafts, is one of the better known. The Commer van company of the United Kingdom used a similar design for road vehicles, designed by Tillings-Stevens, member of the Rootes Group,the TS3. The Commer TS3 engine had 3 horizontal in-line cylinders,each with two opposed action pistons that worked through rocker arms,to connecting rods and had one crankshaft. While both these designs succeeded in producing greater power for a given capacity, they were complex and expensive to produce and operate, and when turbocharger technology improved in the 1960s, this was found to be a much more reliable and simple way of extracting more power.
3. Small Engine Repair -- Students
   Students in the Small Engine Repair program learn to identify engine components and use factory manuals to learn about small engines. Theory, maintenance and repair of small engines such as boat motors, lawn and garden equipment and motorcycles are ... studied. Students gain practice in precision measuring, problem-solving and failure analysis which are evaluated by performance testing.
4. Internal Combustion Engine -- Cylinders
   In the 1950s the German engineer Felix Wankel (1902–88) developed his concept of an internal-combustion engine of a radically new design, in which the piston and cylinder were replaced by a three-cornered rotor turning in a roughly oval chamber. The fuel-air mixture is drawn in through an intake port and trapped between one face of the turning rotor and the wall of the oval chamber. The turning of the rotor compresses the mixture, which is ignited by a spark plug. The exhaust gases are then expelled through an exhaust port by the action of the turning rotor. The cycle takes place alternately at each face of the rotor, giving three power strokes for each turn of the rotor. The engine offers practically vibration-free operation, and its mechanical simplicity provides low manufacturing costs.
5. Diesel Engine -- Air
   Rudolf Diesel developed the idea of an engine that relied on a high compression of the fuel to ignite it, eliminating the spark plug used in the Nikolaus Otto internal combustion engine. He received a patent for the device on February 23, 1892. Diesel began building a prototype engine, which was ready for testing by July 1893. The engine was fueled by powdered coal injected with compressed air. This machine stood 10 feet (3 m) tall, and achieved a compression of 80 atmospheres (8100 kPa). It exploded and nearly killed Diesel.
6. Motor Scooter -- Motor Scooters
   The PX 150 motor scooter is 150cc of classic Vespa. It comes complete with manual gears and a rear foot break. This is the original, the legendary, the classic PX. It’s available in the United States once again after a 20-plus year hiatus. These scooters are brand new, but maintain the original design. It comes with a 4-speed gear shift, manual 4-speed transmission, rear foot break, 150cc engine and a standard spare wheel.
7. Diesel Engine -- Rudolf Diesel
   Rudolf Diesel was pursued by patent quarrels, and scruplesless businessmen succeeded in acquiring rights for diesel's engine, so that he finally couldn't develop on his own engine any more. Only 1908, when the patents had run, he developed still smaller engines for the use in cars and trucks, together with the Swiss pioneer company Saurer. When he impoverished completely and didn't beleave any more in a successful advancement of his engine, he set an end to his life 1913 (see ... biografie Rudolf Diesel).
8. Engines
   DETROIT, Dec. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Nissan’s VQ37VHR engine has been named to the 10 Best Engines list by Ward’s Automotive Group, marking the 14th straight year a VQ series engine has earned that distinction. It is the only engine that has been included every year since the award began in 1995.
9. Ally Sheedy -- Female Lead
   Scary shocker starring Ally Sheedy as a TV reporter whose investigation of a research facility leads her into discovering Max, a ferocious, genetically enhanced canine. With heightened senses and incredible strength, the dog is the most powerful--and dangerous--creature alive. Can it be stopped? Lance Henriksen, Fredric Lehne co-star. 87 min. Widescreen (Enhanced) and Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English; theatrical trailer.
10. Armstrong (Armstrong, Lance - Cyclist) -- Race
    Soon, Armstrong chose to focus on cycling, his strongest event as well as his favorite. During his senior year in high school, the U.S. Olympic development team invited him to train with them in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He left high school temporarily to do so, but later took private classes and received his high school diploma in 1989. The following summer, he qualified for the 1990 junior world team and placed 11th in the World Championship Road Race, with the best time of any American since 1976. That same year, he became the U.S. national amateur champion and beat out many professional cyclists to win two major races, the First Union Grand Prix and the Thrift Drug Classic.

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