Word: stores
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...Winnipeg, all I knew about the city was that Maddin came from it. After seeing (and adoring) the movie, I'm still not sure how much of it is verifiably true. A ramble through Google tells me that, as the film tells us, Winnipeg did have a huge department store, Eaton's, where the locals did most of their shopping, and an iconic hockey venue, the Winnipeg Arena, home of the Maroons in the Senior Hockey League and the Jets of the NHL; both these historic sites have been razed. In 1942 the city really did hold...
...home in suburban Connecticut. Why did you move outside the city? -Susan Ashley, HoustonI generate a lot of interest in New York City, so it's difficult. If I was going to a nightclub or if I was just getting out of the car to go to the store, it'd be difficult. It's way different here, because it's a country setting. I don't even leave my house to go to the store. I send somebody else...
...Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy,” by international relations scholars Stephen M. Walt of the Kennedy School of Government and John J. Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago, hit store shelves last month and has landed on the New York Times bestseller list—a distinction shared by few academic books...
...with the cash now that I finally have control over it instead of Leona. I'm not going to be like her--I won't be getting my face stretched out like I'm in the movie Brazil, or scooping up gaudy chandeliers and collectible figurines at some decrepit store on the Upper East Side at 75% off because I actually believe it's "going out of business." But seriously, I loved the woman...
...veiled threat also has a stereotype: the Mafia wiseguy offering protection with the soft sell, "Nice store you got there. Would be a real shame if something happened to it." Traffic cops sometimes face not-so-innocent questions like, "Gee, Officer, is there some way I could pay the fine right here?" And anyone who has sat through a fund-raising dinner is familiar with euphemistic schnorring like, "We're counting on you to show leadership...