Word: corking
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...mail from Miller in his 2006 autobiography, “To Air Is Human,” does not find it surprising that air guitar has extended through the ivy gates. “For the students of Harvard, this is a chance for them to pop the cork off the champagne and let loose their repression. It’s a great release for collegiate angst,” says Crane.Former air guitar champion Jung agrees: “It gives something on which to mount their rebellion.”But would-be rebels should be forewarned...
...then being enforced by the Black and Tans, vicious and largely undisciplined soldiers recruited from the demobilized English army and functioning in Ireland as terrorist-enforcers of the status quo. Loach's film, written by Paul Laverty, focuses on a Sinn Fein (or revolutionist) "flying column" operating in County Cork, with special emphasis on a gentle young doctor, Damien (Cillian Murphy) and his more hot-headed brother, Teddy (Padraic Delaney), who is the group's leader. Theirs is a life of midnight raids on British barracks, roadside ambushes, betrayals, captivity (which includes brutal torture) and the meting out of summary...
...affair on his ranch, with a Jumbotron for the spectators, a bouncy castle for the kids and a chuck wagon. The scaled-down prototype flew up 285 ft.--and 30 sec. later landed successfully. "My only job at the launch was to open the champagne, and I broke the cork off in the bottle," he blogged later. (You can almost hear that mad-scientist laugh of his.) "Fortunately, our other valve operations went more smoothly...
...weekend is here, we can finally take advantage of that tried and true emotional balm: alcohol. And what better way to enjoy our loneliness than with a bottle of pink champagne (or any spirituous beverage), and the 2004 romantic tragedy “Closer.” Pop the cork and let the bubbles carry you away. 1. Drink every time Jude Law looks pretty and confused at the same time. 2. Drink two shots when Law and Julia Roberts kiss the first time. For singles, this scene is like pouring lemon juice on a wound, so you?...
...found my secret summer love. But God, why are the pretty ones always so damn stupid? “Infinity on High” lacks the cheek that helped the band distinguish itself from its pop peers on 2005’s “From Under the Cork Tree.” The track titles alone show the distinction: instead of “A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More ‘Touch Me,’” listeners of the new album get “The Carpal Tunnel of Love...