Word: sweets
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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After so long in opposition, victory is a sweet but strange fruit for the Labor faithful packed into a function room at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium. Between the party notching its election-winning 76th seat and the arrival on stage of Kevin Rudd, guests are occupied mostly by their own thoughts. "The polls had been good for so long . . . then came the bad ones yesterday," says silver-haired Tony Smith, a "booth captain" in Rudd's seat of Griffith. "Now it's relief...
...first move was an invitation to steep ourselves in Kitcho's tradition. We were ushered into a European parlor and sat stiffly on the ornately carved green-leather chairs sipping ice-cold umeshu, a sweet plum cordial. A maid came to conduct us to our table, which was set in a private tatami room and big enough to seat 20. The vast, minimalist space was fit for a state dinner (in fact, the former Prime Minister had once stopped by for lunch). But if there were any other guests, we saw no sign of them. Our privacy was almost daunting...
Course No. 11: Kashi (sweet)--shaved ice, ice cream or a cooked dessert
...really just had no answers offensively,” said Bulldogs head coach Jack Siedlecki. “They seemed to be in our backfield every play, whether we were running or throwing. Obviously it got us completely out of our style of play.”SWEET CAR-O-LINEAfter a poor performance off the bench in last year’s Game, senior quarterback Chris Pizzotti directed the offense on Saturday with poise, picking apart the Yale defense one play at a time. Pizzotti was 27-of-41 for 316 yards and a career-best four touchdowns...
...second part of “Take Her, She’s Yours! or Till Divorce do Us Part” completely redeemed the performance in spite of its initial discordance. The chemistry between Godina and the two male leads was funny and just sweet enough that the underlying message—that true love is not an idealized state, but instead an everyday appreciation between two people—did not seem saccharine...