But Mr. FitzSimons argues they are more like the blower Bentleys of the time -- rugged racing machines, operated by young aristocrats, proud of their engineering and undisguised by styling.
DENVER — As a wilderness firefighter, Caleb Renno hiked over mountains until his heels bled, living out of tents and eating packaged food for weeks at a time in rugged corners of the burning West.
At the time, the rugged cape at the most southwestern point of Portugal was thought to be the "end of the world".
The remaining movements of the Sextet are written in that vein, with haunting string effects and at times a rugged Bartokian style.
"It's been a rugged time, candidly," Mr. Specter said.
No team has scored more than 97 points against the Heat during that run, an upturn that has coincided with increased playing time for the rugged defenders Udonis Haslem and Joel Anthony.
Somehow, I had a hard time conjuring the rugged trappers of my youth -- I grew up on an Oregon farm, where they wore plaid lumberjack coats -- in Pelham, where pizzerias, at first glance, appear to outnumber people.
Sean talked for a bit about the rugged time he'd had getting through North Dakota, from Minot to Williston, where an oil and construction boom has made motel rooms and even campsites scarce and has rendered the roads dangerous with truck traffic.
"Don't be ducking like you never wanted nothing/It's feeling like rap changed, there was a time it was rugged," he raps, in what appears to be a swipe at Common and a dark salvo in what's becoming a worthless war of words.
Ian's unit was hardly ever off duty, and often their missions in the field would go on for weeks at a time in those rugged, hostile mountains, periods during which he and his fellow scouts were self-sufficient and capable of sleeping anywhere at any time.
Such is the nature of pickup development: In America the only pickup market that really matters we like our trucks to continue to get bigger over time, and more rugged.
