Word: hoist
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...Betsy Ross were designing the American flag today, her task would be much simpler. She could just hoist a pair of old jeans up the flagpole. Egalitarian, utilitarian and rugged, jeans project the American sensibility. And as a standard bearer of America's global dominance, they stride where even Coca-Cola fears to tread. But recently jeans have become something else as well. They have become expensive, elitist and European...
Moscow police have promised to take "necessary measures" to prevent skinhead violence on Hitler's birthday. But one policeman, who impassively observed Zakhar and his friends hoist "Skins against Bush" posters near the McDonald's in Pushkin Square, didn't seem too worried. When asked why no "measures" were being taken against this group, he shrugged: "Where do you see any skinheads here? It's a rally to support domestic chicken producers against American imports...
...Sept. 11, strange things have happened to Phil Godfrey. Hailed as a hero, he also lost his job when Benchmark started layoffs. He has visited ground zero three times, trying hard to weep, but he can't. People have said he did amazing things that he didn't do: hoist a woman down the stairs, give someone a $50 bill to get home. Instead, he did the simple work of a man who has learned that, as he says, "we need each other." He is reminded of that every Sunday at Harlem's Kelly Temple Church of God in Christ...
There are, of course, a host of options that don’t involve potions, pills or Jack’s magic bean, namely the arsenal of medieval-inspired brassieres that promise to hoist, squeeze, lift and hydro-thrust my breasts oh-so-far out there for every Tom, Dick and sketchy first-year to ogle. Britney I am not, and the thought of making my little ladies scream “hit me baby one more time” sends me into a panic...
...carry a gun for your country, you can hoist a beer...