Word: gusts
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Friends tell me how to this day, the smell of new plastic evokes Baby Tender Love. They recall the gust of freedom a new bike blew in, and the endless architectural possibilities provided by a tub of Legos: six bricks fit together in 102,981,500 ways. Will any of this season's hot toys leave marks so deep? Or would strapped parents do better to remember the toys that changed them and go looking elsewhere? (Facebook users, comment on this story below...
...Minke whale - commercial whaling is both popular and legal here - and floor-length sweaters. "Everyone was looking at what happened here as a catastrophe, but I see it as an opportunity," says Recht as he toys with a mannequin wrapped in mounds of black knitted Icelandic wool. A gust of wind from the nearby rocky shore taps on his glass door. "When you have nothing, why not risk everything...
...hysterical. "We must land now!" he yelled. "We must land now!" Pilātre stayed icy calm. "Look, d'Arlandes," he said. "Here we are above Paris. There's no possible danger for you. Are you taking this all in?" But the marquis couldn't take it in. When a gust of wind jostled the balcony, he screamed, "What are you doing! Stop dancing...
...that's the moonwalk. It's actually a very simple dance - and one Jackson didn't invent out of thin air. Its origins can be traced back to French mime Marcel Marceau's "Walking Against the Wind" trick, in which he pretended to be pushed backward by an imaginary gust of wind...
...more romantic proposition than "We will have a gadget in your basement that will help you use electricity more efficiently." But if there is creativity lurking amid the destruction of the economic crisis, it exists at the intersection of national security, economic stimulus and climate change - the gust of innovation and economic growth that will come from breaking our dependence on fossil fuels. Along with finding the right people to staff his Administration, Barack Obama's most important job now is to find the right words to inspire the nation to undertake this next great cause...