Word: armfuls
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...actual performance, which combined two of Jackson’s biggest hits and one of Timberlake’s most recent, could have been groundbreaking. Barely a generation has passed since the white singer Petula Clarke insisted on touching the arm of black musician Harry Belafonte during a duet on her 1968 NBC special. Despite pressure to cut the segment in “deference” to (racist) Southern viewers, NBC exercised the good judgment to leave the duet...
Though he has been timed between 4.6 and 4.8 seconds on the 40-yard dash, O’Hagan has never required the mobility of Harvard captain Ryan Fitzpatrick in the pocket, who, though certainly gifted with tremendous arm strength, makes many of his greatest plays with his legs...
...received no response and will in any case not receive an open hearing of a court’s brand, a procedure unheard of in the Star Chamber of the Ad Board and its ilk. Indeed, the only communication he has had with Harvard’s strong arm has been in the form of an ominous warning: Don’t ask Harvard to clear your name, he says he was told, for the outcome—no matter the conclusion of the outside world—might be against...
...Faulkner San Diego An Unkind Cut I found it offensive that in your section of people who had "15 Minutes of Fame" in 2003 [Dec. 29-Jan. 5], you included mountaineer Aron Ralston, the climber who had been pinned by a boulder and freed himself by cutting off his arm. What Ralston did was courageous and necessary to save his life. Instead of having 15 minutes of fame, Ralston, I am sure, would rather still have his right arm. Judy Sebastian Chester Springs, U.S. Flu Fighters The mass culling of chickens in Thailand and other parts of Asia [NOTEBOOK...
...market - as a lure. "From the consumer's point of view, it's paradise, but it's a total disaster for manufacturers," says Peter Schmidt, publisher of an auto insiders' newsletter. He says a list of rebates and discounts now being offered would "be as long as your arm." Compounding the automaker's woes is a glut of new models set to be launched this year, including a four-seater Smart and a new BMW 1 Series. One early victim: Michael J. Burns, 51, the head of GM's loss-making European operations, who quit last week to take...