Word: sprung
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...Crystal in Running Scared), as TV actor (playing '30s tap master Bill Robinson in Bojangles) and as Tony-winning Broadway headliner (in Jelly's Last Jam). His greatest gift, however, was in his feet, which hit the amplified floor like Chinese firecrackers, broke from standard 4/4 time into daring sprung rhythms and inspired Savion Glover and the new breed of hip-hop tappers...
...twin towers that loomed so large in my youth were gone—and I had not been there to say goodbye. New hot neighborhoods—like the Brooklyn blocks whimsically dubbed DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass)—had sprung up without me to gaze in their shop windows. And a new mayor had wiped out the city’s recycling program and banished smoke clouds from sidewalk cafes...
...more elaborate than a note dashed off to loved ones from a deathbed, an ethical will, sometimes called a personal legacy, is proving especially popular among baby boomers as they begin contemplating their mortality in earnest. A mini-industry has sprung up to help those seeking a bit of emotional immortality. Fancy binders with silk-moire linings and archival paper are now available. How-to workshops abound, as do websites and consultants who will preserve the bequest on videotape...
...more than DB pays. Raith and others have complained to the nation's cartel office. Following the tracks laid down by pioneers like Rail4Chem, more than 20 such private operators now run freight services - and some local passenger trains - in Germany, and other companies have sprung up to provide them with services. Included is a company based in Mannheim called MEV which rents out drivers and train personnel - some of whom have been trained to operate in more than one country. Since it started in 1999, MEV's staff has grown from 50 people to 250, and sales have tripled...
...with thinner tires, which means the ride gets bumpier, the braking distance increases and the turning radius is diminished. "Instead of making a three-point turn, you might have to do a 16-point turn," says John Jarasa, editor of Dub, one of a handful of magazines that have sprung up in the past three years to showcase celebrities with big wheels...