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...CORKSCREW...
...conducting echocardiograms on every child who wants to ride, says Dr. Arno Zaritsky, of the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, there is no way to know who has a hidden heart defect that might not withstand the ride's quick 0-60 mph acceleration, stomach-churning corkscrew turns and blaring rock-and-roll music...
...time. A bottle of wine, as Maya, the oenophilic waitress in Sideways points out, reflects the soil, the sun and the rain of the year its grapes were grown. Its ultimate flavor, though, will also reflect the burnishing influence of the years it lay in wait of a corkscrew. As more women discover that age-old truth about wine and waiting, it's a good bet that fewer will settle for the little White Lie of a cutesy label...
...Elo’s “Plan to B.” Lit by a large side panel of bright white and set to rather restrained 17th-century violin music by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, the movement is rigorously athletic and ultra-contemporary, with flamboyant leaps that corkscrew in the air and hyperextended limbs thrown in all directions. Jazzy inflections color brilliant shifts in dynamic and direction, imbuing the whole piece with a kind of exuberant nervous energy. In particular, the male pas de deux towards the end of the performance provides the most dramatic and skillful interpretation...
That's not to say the folks from Stuttgart have forgotten the niceties. There are cupholders that can handle a grande latte, and there's an integrated bottle opener. (What, no corkscrew?) Coolest feature: you can plug your iPod into the audio system through a connection in the glove box. More important, the R-Class is as roomy as a suburb, even if the exterior design fails to excite. TIME's backseat test passenger--all 6 ft. 8 in. of him--hadn't had that much room in a car since he was 10 years younger and a foot shorter...