Word: polese
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I managed to work out on real snow a few more times (and it was not nearly as bad), but the coming of spring complicated things. Even in Lake Placid, the snow lasts only three or four months a year. Leaving eight months of hot, snowless weather when the nearest...
Armed with my dry-land skis, I could train during lunchtime in Central Park practically every day all summer, and the proposition became significantly less ridiculous. All I had to do was get over the slight drawback of making a spectacle of myself every day. Speeding through the park at...
Carroll, a novelist (1978's Mortal Friends), newspaper columnist and 1997 National Book Award winner, says his book was inspired by the large cross erected by Poles outside Auschwitz. But his real target appears to be the Vatican's 1998 apology, "We Remember." That long-awaited document expressed regret at...
Lee certainly owes much to his action choreographer, as both a colleague and an inspiration. Some of Crouching Tiger's most sensational exploits echo earlier Yuen films. The spectacle of a lady thief flying over rooftops is a highlight of Yuen's 1994 Fire Dragon. And the up-a-tree...
But, more importantly, the aftermath of the election has been educational for bread-and-butter citizens. We've all been in our usual social niches and heard the unusual conversations. Voter intent! The difference between legitimacy and authority! Electoral College! Democratic Republics! The public square has become a Gov 10...