Word: knocks
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...largest city, Glasgow. One of the jeep's two occupants erupted from the vehicle, in flames and bellowing, to be felled by punch from a tourist who later told a British newspaper "He was a big fellow and was disorientated, otherwise I would not have been able to knock him down...
...Still, it's a pretty good sequence in a movie that's full of pretty good-if insanely improbable-sequences, including one high point moment in which a car driven by Willis manages to knock a malevolently hovering helicopter right out of the air. Realism is not, shall we say, high on the list of director Len Wiseman's priorities. At the screening I attended you could sense the audience's adrenaline pumping and then hear the applause burst forth when Willis and his computer nerd buddy Matt Farrell (the very cute Justin Long) escaped from assorted, largely fiery villainies...
...vehicles to achieve 35 miles per gallon by 2020. Levin's alternative would give cars until 2022 to reach 36 miles per gallon, and light trucks (including SUVs, the only automobile category American companies still dominate) until 2025 to reach 30 miles per gallon. "They're trying to knock a decent standard off the road and replace it with a clunker," said Frank O'Donnell, head of Clear Air Watch. "We've heard crying wolf for three and a half decades from Detroit...
...Grealish, managing director of the banking group at consultancy Celent. Citibank, HSBC, Capital One, E-Trade and Emigrant Bank are among those offering no-fee, no-minimum-balance Web-only accounts with well-above-average interest rates. Many even offer rates higher than ING Direct's. Kuhlmann's response: "Knock yourself out." So far, new-account growth at ING Direct hasn't slowed, and the 3% of accounts closed each year is below the industry average...
...cash in have their houses appraised, Antiques Roadshow--style. Features and renovations that add value--water views, granite counters--get a ka-ching! sound effect. (The premise is friendly to advertisers like Lowe's and Home Depot, since it helps viewers rationalize that spa bathroom as an "investment.") Minuses knock dollars off, especially anything that reflects the owner's individuality. "Your taste is very specific" is a death sentence on this show...