So why not have it here, where he could drive away and leave me to hitch a ride back into town?

NEWYORKER: Hand on the Shoulder

But despite the support of computer makers groaning under Intel's dominance, trying to hitch a ride on the back of a grumpy 800lb gorilla was proving a precarious form of existence.

ECONOMIST: Semiconductors

The back of a truck with a rusted trailer hitch and broken tail light can be seen in the photo.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

The way our scoring works, a serious profit hitch can knock otherwise blue-chip entities back a few hundred places.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Back in the heyday, when countries in the European Union dreamed up their economic union, most figured they could hitch their economies to the German locomotive, with its powerful mark currency and economy.

FORBES: While Europe Slides, Germany Plays Hardball On Financial Transaction Tax