McLachlan's value as a coal miner was enhanced by the specialized skill he learned as a shaft-sinker.

Mr. Hassan offered Ms. Huynh $20 million in Google stock — less than 10 percent of his shares — and half of three Bay Area real estate properties: houses in Palo Alto and San Francisco, and a commercial building in Menlo Park. She felt blindsided and hurt. She refused.

Challenges included the engine's high internal temperatures, its thirstiness in low-speed operation and the need to improve drivability for operators accustomed to V-8 power.

Then one French-American sous-chef, still in his white kitchen gear, climbed down from the cockpit, where he had been inspecting the cabin, peering inside, murmuring, wonderfool–wonderfool, ze workmansheep!