Word: corks
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...hour driver - to shove him violently out of his car. Think of it as a collective intervention, confronting drivers about their addiction in order to save them. Bertrand Delanoë, the mayor of Paris, has launched a campaign against traffic jams, known as bouchons (also the word for the cork of a wine bottle). His first major act has been to impose new bus and bike lanes on busy boulevards, squeezing out car space and increasing average bus speeds by 3 km/h. Traffic lights in London are being tweaked to favor pedestrians. And Zurich has imposed a zero-sum parking...
...only the whole point of drinking wine weren't to impress people, screw tops would have taken off by now. Corks, many claim, are a great way to seal wine if you're a 15th century monk, but they're not so good today. Corks can crumble and allow air into a bottle, causing what is called corkage, a slight rotting of the wine. Some manufacturers have tried using plastic corks, but they don't always form a perfect seal and can impart their own flavor. So this year, many wineries are switching to screw tops--the same technology...
...life on explosives charges and were on hunger strike in London's Brixton jail. The Dugdale gang took 19 paintings, including a Goya, a Vermeer and a Gainsborough. But their caper quickly came unstuck. Five paintings were found two weeks later in a wardrobe in a house in County Cork which Dugdale had rented. The rest were found rolled up in the boot of a Morris Minor which she had borrowed from her landlord. Dugdale, who was sentenced to 11 years in jail, now works in Dublin with a support group for former prisoners. She refuses to discuss the robbery...
...daughter Barbara and stepson Michael Wilson--runs the London-based outfit. They zealously protect the Bond tradition, but they've also brought the once fading franchise forward. "They've re-examined the character and focused on who Bond is--not just what his world is like," says John Cork, co-author of James Bond: The Legacy...
...time. And it's the closest Europe gets to the U.S., should family or friends want to visit. Ireland is not as cheap as it used to be, and cities like Dublin are out of the question for many retirees. But rural counties such as Clare and Cork are still affordable. And language is no problem...