Word: hammerism
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...clubs impotent against Continental opposition, they needed a greater say over their own affairs - and the enhanced broadcast revenue they thought they could win. In 1992, England's top clubs walked out of the Football League to form the Premier League, a commercially independent alliance able to hammer out its own TV deals on behalf of all its teams...
...into every meet knowing what they want to accomplish.” The men’s three first-place finishers complemented the seven winners on the women’s team to highlight an afternoon of individual excellence.The men were led by Irani, who finished first in the hammer throw with a 52.81-meter throw. Not only was the throw a personal best for Irani this season, but the mark was sufficient to qualify him for the IC4A Championships next month. “I felt pretty good [and] had a strong week of training,” Irani...
...tell a story, but at its close, we’re left wondering what happened. The accompanying multimedia propaganda bonanza, which consists of creepy symbols and cryptic Web sites, doesn’t explain much either. The standalone album is much more atmospheric than Nails’ typical hammer-to-the-face fare, and it amounts to an intriguing, if not always coherent, experience. While some of the songs will surely disappoint the NIN faithful, nearly all contribute to the album’s conceptual bent and are worth a listen. If nothing else, this album will fuel anticipation...
...been warped by seeing The Matrix. The Paducah killings were supposed to have been triggered by The Basketball Diaries. Another movie is now raising questions in the Virginia Tech massacre - because the killer, Cho Seung-Hui, made a photo in which he looks fierce and holds a raised hammer, in a manner similar to a shot in Park Chan-Wook's 2003 film Oldboy. Both Cho and the film are originally from South Korea. Both have undergone Americanization: Cho by moving to the U.S. when he was a kid, Oldboy by getting remade as a Hollywood movie that, last...
...vigorous rewrite.) It's also worlds removed from what happened in Blacksburg. That was closer to a standard American revenge scenario, where the hero takes violent action against those he thinks wronged him. (Death Wish, anyone?) And don't forget that the weapon of choice in Oldboy was a hammer, which no one planning a mass murder would pack in his arsenal...