Word: rocks
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...Patriots With his velvet jacket and free- flowing mane, Takanori Aoki has a bit of the alt-rock star about him, but he's actually a designer with Japan's smallest automaker, Mitsuoka Motors. The company can't compete with a Toyota or Honda, so it has focused mainly on building what industry insiders snidely refer to as "replicars." Working at a small, unorthodox company meant that Aoki, 31, was given free rein to experiment. What he came up with in late 2006 was a $110,000 supercar modeled after a mythical Japanese snake with eight heads and eight tails...
...game resumes. China comes out in a tight zone defense. France passes the ball around the perimeter, creating open shots for its players. France's Christophe Kempe posts up his man and hits a turnaround shot. The French take control. Inane music, like the opening chords of We Will Rock You, blares over the loudspeaker while the teams are playing. It's just as annoying as in an NBA arena...
John McCain's campaign has been working overtime to ridicule Barack Obama as "the One," the rock-star celebrity with adoring fans, the politician with the chutzpah to announce his candidacy in a speech about Abraham Lincoln. So it was a bit surprising to watch the opening of McCain's town-hall meeting in York, Pa., on Tuesday...
...known as a beam specialist, fell off just as she mounted it, launching the U.S.'s troubles. "Possibly, yes," said Martha Karolyi, the national team coordinator on whether an injury-free Memmel might have been the third scorer on the beam, with Johnson and Liukin. "Everybody knows how rock-solid Chellsie is. And definitely on floor also, she had a chance to perform, because we all remember what kind of routine she did at [the] trials...
...crowd waited, the atmosphere was part rock concert, part independence day celebration. Teens strolled hand in hand, swaying to the music, chatting and lighting candles. Roma worked the crowd for spare change. Red and white flags were sported as fashion accessories, bandanas, shawls, and miniskirts. "Sarko ! Sarko!" they roared in anticipation, before following up with "YUV-SHEN-KO!" Speakers boomed out rock and folk music, including a recent local hit called Freedom to which the crowd poignantly responded by swaying and chanting to the lyrics as if they'd been singing it all their lives. Even Georgian NBA basketball star...