Joseph Sexton, the metro editor until early this year and now the sports editor, championed the shift away from regional news in favor of concentrating on the city, and the executive editor, Jill Abramson, said she was happy with the changes, calling the metro department an "engine of great journalism capturing the vibrancy and urgency of New York".
Or as Jeff Chester, a campaigner on internet privacy, puts it: "Companies like Facebook and Twitter present themselves as engines of democracy and are hailed by the state department as engines of digital diplomacy, but their main purpose is to serve the biggest advertisers in the world.
Shortly after that, a birthday cake laden with sparklers was wheeled into the room, setting off Mr. Lee's fire alarm and drawing a response from the fire department: two engines and an unhappy looking fireman who dropped his heavy coat and flashlight at the door.
Binotto will take on the role of chief technical officer after moving across from the engine department.
Along with the head of the engine department, Paolo Martinelli, they rebuilt Ferrari into the most powerful racing machine in the history of the series.
Among the mechanics and technicians and other service personnel were Paolo Martinelli, head of the engine department, Nigel Stepney, the English chief mechanic, and Rubens Barrichello.
Yet in the words of Rob White, the director of the Renault team's engine department, it is the thing that turns the sleek, inanimate racing car into a vital force.
Mr. Pope and an associate were purchasing technical reports on the Shkval, or Squall, rocket-propelled torpedo from Prof. Anatoly Babkin, the head of the rocket engine department of Bauman State Technical University here.
"There was a tremendous strain on our resources," said Fire Chief Charles A. Teale Sr .of Hartford, whose department sends three engine companies, a tactical unit, two ladder companies and a deputy chief -- a minimum of 26 people -- to every white-powder call.
Primary among these are in the engine department.
"Mercedes are doing a great job in the engine department and the car.
