Word: phils
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...liked his story on the sport of Extreme Ironing, described by its inventor, Phil ?Steam? Shaw of Leicester, England, as ?the latest outdoor activity that combines the thrill of an extreme sport with the satisfaction of a well-pressed shirt.? At the Extreme Ironing World Championships in Munich two years ago, athletes competed in five events: forestry, rock-wall, aquatics, vehicular and freestyle. With the tilted gaze of a visionary, Steam has eyes on the 2008 Olympics: ?If they can have synchronized swimming, why can?t they have Extreme Ironing?? His friend, Matthew ?Starch? Patrick, remains skeptical: ?I wouldn...
...addition to scheduling concerns, issues to be discussed include academic profile, location, strength of program and ramifications to the current 12-team, three-weekend playoff structure that ECAC commissioner Phil Buttafuoco said has been “received very well” by the league’s member schools...
...screen, seems like as good a place as any to put the Microphones to rest, or at least their name. The anesthetized neon hotel rooms of Sofia Coppola’s Tokyo are the 21st century analogue to the lonesome Washingtonian shores from whence comes the music of Phil Elvrum, elfish folk matador behind the Microphones...
Another pair of finalists, Phil Williams and Bryan Staples of WTVF-TV Nashville, addressed a similar problem in Tennessee state politics...
...planning dozens of gambits that depend on whether his quarterback throws for a big gain or gets sacked. He is a video-game whiz kid, and the playing field is his Grand Theft Auto Vice City. He is a field marshal and, sometimes, a counselor--General Patton and Dr. Phil. The quarterback may be the glamour boy, but the coach is the star. The TV camera knows this: during a game it follows Bill Parcells, head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, as avidly as if he were J. Lo with her back turned...