Word: smashingly
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...Aviv funeral, one of his sons cried out: "I'll find my father's killer, and I'll cut off his head! I'll smash his balls!" The quote circulated widely in the Israeli press. Later, the family issued a statement saying it would not seek retribution, but few are buying it, least of all the police and Tel Aviv's other crime families. An officer was quoted by YnetNews, an Internet wire service, as saying, "[The Alperons] have to retaliate - besides the fact that they have a moral debt to their brother, if they do nothing, the Alperon name...
...hair-splitting in the best possible sense. A wailing, brief guitar riff that tickles the ear leaves its calling card throughout the rest of the song, lingering in the psyche and making my fingers itch to try out that line on my Gibson SG air guitar. “Smash and Grab” is another favorite, with a particularly strong and moving rhythm section, not to mention the sick guitar solo just before the end. Man, can Angus still jive and wail. But the most surprising song is “Anything Goes,” which is more...
...Starter Wife USA, Fridays, 10 p.m. E.T.; two-hour premiere Oct. 10 at 9 p.m. E.T. At last, a Gossip Girl for the old people! Reprising her role from the smash miniseries, Debra Messing is author and recent divorce Molly Kagan, trying to keep herself and her daughter afloat in a sea of affluence populated by smarmy L.A. sharks. Predictable but pithy, Wife takes itself no more seriously than the Hollywood-haves it skewers...
...Bridesmaids Revisited), is sleeping with his 22-year-old gold-digging assistant, Lola, a viciously, flawlessly drawn avatar of the rising generation of postfeminist girl-women. But Philip still yearns for an old flame: Schiffer, an Oscar-winning actress whose new TV show is turning out to be a smash hit. Among these characters moves gentle, sophisticated, thwarted Billy Litchfield, a kind of freelance Guy Friday to rich people, who is very nice but way too poor to actually live in One Fifth...
...opinion that you always have a choice. Chicken or fish. Yankees or Red Sox. Studying for an Ec midterm or playing Super Smash Brothers. But for me, one choice stands above all the rest: to rush or not to rush, that is the question. Did you know Shakespeare was one of the first men in history to rush the field after a rousing victory? I’m pretty sure it’s true! For this singular act—charging the field after a thrilling triumph—is one of sports’ greatest moments...