Word: hums
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Singing "White Christmas" is fine if you're Bing Crosby or you're safely ensconced in front of a fire in a mountain hideaway somewhere. But hum a few bars of the song at the Eurostar terminals in Paris and London these days and you may get dirty looks. As difficult as it is to believe, snow is what apparently caused the breakdown of the Eurostar train network over the weekend that left service indefinitely suspended - and an ever-growing number of people stranded, their holiday plans in disarray...
...sweet and melancholic tension of “Waiting,” for example, comes through in some persistent guitar chords and a little tinkling on the piano. Jones’ signature hum returns, too, as she thinks to herself: “If I wait, it doesn’t mean you will return.” “December,” too, radiates warmth like a Christmas carol; Jones’ comforting humanity radiates through the song in her more earthen style...
...must. Go early, and work up an appetite with a walk through its neighborhood, Hauz Khas Village, where chic boutiques nestle among 14th century monuments. The best seats are on the terrace; you'll have an expansive view of a medieval reservoir in front of you, and the pleasant hum of the kitchen just behind...
...fighters, promoters, and HBO, which televised the bout. But consider: about 2.44 million households purchased that fight, a pay-per-view record. Know how many households watched WWE wrestling on the USA network a few weeks ago? Over 3.8 million. So, a fake fighting program aired on a ho-hum weekday evening crushed the audience for boxing's biggest, most outrageously hyped pay-per-view event EVER. (See pictures of people boxing out of poverty and prison in Thailand...
...could keep going with other thoughtful and substantiated arguments concerning the breakfast question. What about the athletes? I can tell you that I spend at least 20 minutes a day on the “five” setting on the treadmill, and it makes my metabolism hum (yes, ladies). Or consider the “varsity” athletes. Can these finely tuned Division I machines really be expected to trudge to Annenberg every day just to get enough calories to survive? What about Steve, the Winthrop employee who used to man the grill every morning...