Word: corkscrew
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...linen cloth and napkins, heavy silverware and a vase of three fresh yellow chrysanthemums. The fare runs to excellent Southern fried chicken with cream gravy, roast beef and steak; there are hot breads and lemon pie. One couple does object testily when the steward is unable to produce a corkscrew for the bottle of Moulin-á-Vent '76 they had brought to table. It turns out that the train does serve wine, but "it's all twist-top," the steward explains. Smoking is banned in the dining car. Both breakfast servings produce perfectly cooked eggs any-style with...
Metal rides are smooth and quiet. They are also laced with corkscrew turns and, in some instances, huge loops. The supporting structure is made entirely of steel, and the vehicles resemble space shuttles, not carny cars. On the convoluted tracks of the metal coasters, the question is quite basic: Where...
Love's Power. Lynn Seymour dances the role of the vivacious Natal ia, languishing in the midst of her family through the pastel days of summer. Her irrepressible son Kolia - danced with gymnastic virtuosity by Wayne Sleep - bounces his ball and rockets up in corkscrew jumps. With the entrance of Kolia's tutor Beliaev (Anthony Dowell), the sky outside darkens. Ominous chords sound in the orchestra and the curtains flutter - all of which seems to signify more than just a passing storm. Immediately Mama is smitten, as is Vera, her young ward, portrayed by Denise Nunn, whom Ashton...
...though, I'm not going to be sucked down into a massive winter depression. I've got a sixth game of a World Series to keep me going. And all winter long I'll be able to hear the echo of 35,000 people cheering on every corkscrew delivery of Luis ("The fans make me pitch better than I can do") Tiant...
...example, a single spacecraft past Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune, using the gravity of one planet to fling the ship toward the next. But Van Allen stubbornly refused to give up. At his suggestion, imaginative "back-room" trajectory experts at Pasadena's Jet Propulsion Laboratory showed that a corkscrew turn could get Pioneer to Saturn at no extra cost...