They are labeled "hemi" because two occur in each male, although only one is used during a single copulatory event.
The term Hemichordata from the Greek hemi, meaning "half," and chorde, meaning "string," thus, "half-chordate"—was first proposed because the buccal diverticulum, a tubular outgrowth from the mouth cavity forward into the proboscis, or "snout," resembled a rudimentary notochord the dorsal, or back-side, supporting axis of the more primitive vertebrates.
The actor and magician Steve Cuiffo plans to re-create the evening at St. Ann's Warehouse, in Brooklyn, this February 4th (and, somewhat less hemi-centennially, February 5th).
It had not run since 1959, but with just a little work the Chrysler hemi engine fired up.
This Hemi-powered car needed a complete restoration, yet it prompted enthusiastic bidding and sold quite well.
The interviews are amiable — most in the boy-meets-Hemi, boy-falls-in-love genre — but the true stars are the hot rides photographed by Michael Alan Ross.
Though they were not available to drive, other auction highlights include a concours-quality 1934 Ford V-8 Deluxe Roadster; an alloy-bodied 1954 Alfa Romeo 1900 CSS by Ghia; a 1956 Cadillac station wagon special-bodied by Hess & Eisenhardt; a bright pink and Hemi-powered 1955 DeSoto Fireflite convertible; and two barn finds: a 1932 Packard and 1949 Healey Westland.
An ambitious team of hot rodders at the West Palm Beach plant installed 331-cubic-inch Chrysler hemi V-8s in racing chassis, which were then shipped to Turin, Italy, where a coachbuilder, Vignale, fabricated bodywork of aluminum and steel.
Dodge had the A100, which became extremely popular after a racer named Bill Golden converted one into the Little Red Wagon, a Hemi-powered exhibitionist known for its improbable wheelies on the dragstrip.
According to a September 2008 article in Newsweek, Mr. Obama was criticized for driving a Hemi-powered gas-guzzler while he was haranguing Detroit for not building fuel-efficient cars.
