Word: flings
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...come from a long line of real cart horses," says Winslet the day after the lunch. "Very stoic, insides-made-of-iron people. So I can take any s___ you can fling at me. I can cope with any workload. I can deal with lack of sleep. I can multitask like you've no idea. But two weeks ago, I actually had a panic attack." She leans forward on a sofa in Mendes' production office in Manhattan's shabby-glam Meatpacking District and smiles. "My first one. I didn't know what it was! It was a little like when...
...Saddam Hussein, and the other of President George W. Bush ducking flying footwear at a 2008 Baghdad press conference during the last official visit of his term. In many Eastern cultures, hurling a shoe at someone is a grave insult. Iraqi TV reporter Muntazer al-Zaidi's decision to fling his size 10s made him an instant hero to many, although some noted that it broke Arab rules of hospitality, not to mention the journalists' code of objectivity. But the sentiment behind the shoe leather was widely shared: Iraq may have more of a future now than it did under...
...what feels like my long-lost love. Just as our relationship was starting to get serious (he would even come back to me when I let him off his leash!), I had to set him free. But trust me, Billy’s more than just a summer fling. In the meantime, before we’re reunited, maybe I’ll just get a fish. Hey, everyone’s entitled to a rebound...
...Humbled and no doubt shamed by the world-wide attention the now infamous fling attracted, Strauss-Kahn echoed similar sentiments in responding to the finding, saying "I very much regret the incident and I accept responsibility...
...BASE jump is a parachuted jump from a fixed object - a mountain, a building, anything that rises high into the air. The term is an acronym for the types of structures off of which jumpers fling themselves: Buildings, Antennas, Spans (bridges) and Earth (rocks). Carl Boenish, a cinematographer who had been filming freefall parachuting for several years, coined the term in 1981 as a way to categorize various jumps...