Word: surf
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...more to do with the economy. By many measures, that's a rising star, with growth rates and a booming tech sector that make it the toast of Wall Street and Silicon Valley. Hence Vajpayee's decision to call an early election, advised by his handlers that he would surf the crest of the economic good times his liberalization policies had produced. "India is shining" was the slogan chosen by the BJP to encapsulate the message that Vajpayee had brought economic achievements unparalleled in India's history...
...Kerry told an MTV reporter in March, “and I think you’d better listen to it pretty carefully, ’cause it’s important”), and is known to have played bass with prep-school surf band The Electras. Last year, the Washington Post reported that Kerry was taking classical guitar lessons and slipping in a bit of those same Beatles (“Yesterday,” from a time right before the decidedly-Commie Rubber Soul but not so long after the proud capitalism of With the Beatles...
...Ethernet jack that even in the most generous of housing arrangements is no more than 20 feet away? But ask any biochem concentrator who sleeps in the science center and they’ll tell you that there’s a unique liberty in being able to surf the web from a couch or research a paper in bed, and I also tend to believe it increases productivity...
...retail venues bearing storefront names such as Tickled Pink, Color Me Pink, The Pink Pineapple, Pink on the Green, The Pink Petunia and Pinkalicious. Perhaps troubleshooting a possible East Coast/West Coast elite divide in Lilly’s popularity, this season Pulitzer is marketing a California “surf diva” look. Boston’s Lilly fans can check out In the Pink, Pulitzer’s shop on Newbury Street...
...that two songs by the same band had so dominated the country's consciousness. The Way You Move was an instant R.-and-B. classic; Hey Ya! was something greater. You don't expect universality from a song about the agony of monogamous relationships, but the mix of a surf-rock guitar, hand claps and a retro catchphrase captivated not just the Beyonces and Lucy Lius but also soccer moms, NASCAR dads and a former NATO supreme commander. ("I don't know much about hip-hop," offered Wesley Clark, "but I do know OutKast can make you shake it like...