WORDS: Mystery

The Independent - London | February 20, 2000| | Copyright

IT WAS from The Independent that I learned why a number of London escalators have stopped rolling, leaving passengers to trudge up and down the stairs. "Mystery cones bring tube escalators to a halt" was the headline. It seems that the shafts that drive the escalators are partly encased in a cone-shaped sleeve whose function is obscure, and that these have started to crack. Hence the "mystery cones".

In popular journalism the word mystery, when used as an adjective like this, usually means something different from what it does here. No one knows what the cones are for, just as no one knows ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

Las Palmas Canary Is. - MGMapsOfTheWorld (TM)
Map from: MGMapsOfTheWorld (TM) ; 00-00-0000 Map Name: Las Palmas Canary Is. Continent associated with map: Africa map level: city Map Description: the city of Las Palmas on the Canary Islands.
Mogadishu Somalia - MGMapsOfTheWorld (TM)
Map from: MGMapsOfTheWorld (TM) ; 00-00-0000 Map Name: Mogadishu Somalia Continent associated with map: Africa map level: city Map Description: the city of Mogadishu, Somalia. Mogadishu is the city that the majority of the U.N. peacekeeping force inhabitated during their stay.
Tangier Morocco - MGMapsOfTheWorld (TM)
Map from: MGMapsOfTheWorld (TM) ; 00-00-0000 Map Name: Tangier Morocco Continent associated with map: Africa map level: city Map Description: the city of Tangier, Morocco.
Angola - MGMapsOfTheWorld (TM)
Map from: MGMapsOfTheWorld (TM) ; 00-00-0000 Map Name: Angola Continent associated with map: Africa map level: country Map Description: the country of Angola.
Bophuthatswana South Africa - MGMapsOfTheWorld (TM)
Map from: MGMapsOfTheWorld (TM) ; 00-00-0000 Map Name: Bophuthatswana South Africa Continent associated with map: Africa map level: territory, or sub-region within a country Map Description: the region of Bophuthatswana
Burkina Faso - MGMapsOfTheWorld (TM)
Map from: MGMapsOfTheWorld (TM) ; 00-00-0000 Map Name: Burkina Faso Continent associated with map: Africa map level: country Map Description: the country of Burkina Faso.
Cabinda Province Angola - MGMapsOfTheWorld (TM)
Map from: MGMapsOfTheWorld (TM) ; 00-00-0000 Map Name: Cabinda Province Angola Continent associated with map: Africa map level: first level adminstrative dept within a country, i.e. state, province, department, lander, etc. Map Description: the state of Cabinda. Cabinda is formerly a part of Angola.
Cape Verde - MGMapsOfTheWorld (TM)
Map from: MGMapsOfTheWorld (TM) ; 00-00-0000 Map Name: Cape Verde Continent associated with map: Africa map level: country Map Description: the country of Cape Verde.
Casablanca RL (Regional Locator) - MGMapsOfTheWorld (TM)
Map from: MGMapsOfTheWorld (TM) ; 00-00-0000 Map Name: Casablanca RL (Regional Locator) Continent associated with map: Africa map level: continent or region comprising two or more...
Chad - MGMapsOfTheWorld (TM)
Map from: MGMapsOfTheWorld (TM) ; 00-00-0000 Map Name: Chad Continent associated with map: Africa map level: country Map Description: the country of Chad.

Find more facts and information related to the article "WORDS: Mystery"