Word: flash
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...Delay has long been a hallmark of the Ghan legend, which was named for the "Afghan" cameleers whose strings of camels carted goods to and from the train depots. The railroad on which it runs is often subjected to the intense weather of the Australian outback. Flash floods and sand drifts would sometimes block the line for days. Once, a train was stranded in the middle of the outback for two weeks; the driver shot wild goats to feed the passengers. Even construction of the rest of the line?originally intended to link the South Australian capital of Adelaide...
...break the Asian barrier in the NBA with flair. I want the Twins to stay alive, Roy Oswalt to win the Cy Young and the abolition of the designated hitter. I want a return to finesse over show in basketball, to fundamentals over power in baseball, to consistency over flash in football...
...INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS Map: The Planned Barrier Mideast: The Four Sticking Points Map: Mideast Flash Points Israel: A Land Divided...
...show is that Versace's shimmering, flamboyant designs are guaranteed crowd pleasers in a way that Saint Laurent's tuxedos and trench coats are not. The exhibition, which opened last week, makes note of Versace's under-appreciated tailoring skills, but places greater emphasis on the flash and glamour that the house has come to represent. The fact that the women Versace was most famous for dressing were British also helps explain the exhibition. The British have a unique fascination with Versace. The stereotype of the house - bold, brassy and tacky - goes against the stereotype of the polite and reserved...
...that's the problem: no matter what they do, academics always ruin sex by refusing to stutter. They intellectualize it until you realize why they spend so much time alone "writing dissertations." Museums are designed to illuminate the inanimate: mummies, Renaissance paintings, Richard Nixon. Flash-freezing the ephemeral is too difficult. If you think too long about kissing, it starts to seem like a ridiculous impossibility. (It also means you're very, very lonely.) And, honestly, that's the problem: the Museum of Sex undermines the real purpose of museums - which is to pick up women. Coming up with...