Word: polkas
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...periods of applause that should have been left in the editing room). Some fans have more exotic tastes, though, than can be satisfied at the local overcharging music retailer. I am one such fan. Yet it is not indy rock, turn-of-the-century ragtime or even scarily popular polka that I crave—it’s musical theater...
...black belt gets a thumbs up. Apparently, she’s doing a much better job at pairing the two most basic colors on earth than the woman wearing a tutu looking, 80’s-esque ball gown with crazy zigzag patterns or the woman caught wearing (gasp!) polka dots...
...morning, are set on a collision course, but one that ultimately leads to understanding. For B?ll, the scientific triumph of his career has become a paralyzing albatross, quietly hounding his conscience. "Dreams," B?ll concedes, "sometimes become nightmares." The book's pages, too, are haunted with visions of the devastation: "polka dots and stripes, the clothing patterns that the blast imprinted on the skin...
Feinberg, in a black-and-white polka-dot tie, speaks in short, punchy sentences and a loud voice. He has already given the speech 32 times up and down the East Coast. The main thrust: The government, for the first time ever, has agreed to write large checks to victims' families without any litigation. The checks will arrive within four months after a claim is filed--no legal fees, no agonizing 10-year lawsuit. But every award will be based on a cold calculus, much the way courts handle wrongful-death claims...
...Feinberg, in a black-and-white polka-dot tie, speaks in short, punchy sentences and a loud voice. He has already given the speech 32 times up and down the East Coast. The main thrust: The government, for the first time ever, has agreed to write large checks to victims' families without any litigation. The checks will arrive within four months after a claim is filed--no legal fees, no agonizing 10-year lawsuit. But every award will be based on a cold calculus, much the way courts handle wrongful-death claims...