Word: magical
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...Sylvie didn't stop slugging there - and resorted to verbal uppercuts so potent readers might have suspected they were fueled by Getafix's trusty magic potion. (He's called Panoramix in the original French version.) Uderzo fille said she felt compelled to counter "this first victorious act of the invader against the indomitable Gauls" because of her father's "repudiation of all the values" Asterix stands for - "independence, fraternity, conviviality and resistance". Sylvie, then alleged her 81-year-old father had been convinced by unidentified advisers to reverse his fiercely independent, family control of the series, and sell...
...same romantic-comedy vein as Bridget is very much in question. Her mouth always had a malleability that suited her comic needs, but now - perhaps from aging, but more likely something less natural - it's pursed, tense and mean. Even as the kind people of New Ulm work their magic softening up Lucy, the mouth stays in character as the predefrosted boss...
Whatever the magic, it's still working. As toy stores around the world feel the chill of recession, the Rubik's Cube is in the middle of a comeback. Global sales reached 15 million last year, up 3 million over 2007, according to Seven Towns Limited, the British firm that licenses all of Rubik's creations. When New York City toy retailer FAO Schwarz reintroduced the Cube 18 months ago it became one of the store's Top 20 selling toys within weeks; sales have stayed steady despite the economic downturn. In Britain, Cube sales are up 300% over...
...Nutcracker.” For those folks who instead rely on a calendar, the general consensus is that the opening night of “The Nutcracker” is the official beginning of the string of ensuing holidays. It is a time capsule of magic, warmth, and joy—for adults, a foray into childhood and innocent dreams; for children, an escape into an extraordinary land in which one can be transported by hot-air balloon into the Land of Sweets where imagination can triumph. It is virtually impossible to destroy, thanks to its timeless Tchaikovsky score?...
...Fiat is hardly a magic pill for Chrysler, which is burdened by inefficient factories that need major overhauls to allow for production of smaller, smarter automobiles, says Giuseppe Berta, a Milan-based car-industry expert. "At this point, Chrysler can say it tried to get out of a corner, that it found a European company that makes more marketable cars," says Berta. "But if you want to actually use Chrysler facilities to construct a Cinquecento or Alfa MiTo, you're talking about a major cost." (See the 50 worst cars of all time...