Word: swigs
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...stop--about every 50 laps--a 16-man pit crew gasses you up, changes your tires, wipes the windshield. You swig some water; you'll lose 3 lbs. to 11 lbs. during a race. Your belts get looser, so tighten them up. "You don't want to move in the seat, you only want to steer the race car. You're just along for the ride...
...after a club sandwich and a swig of coconut milk by the pool, I book a tour of the city, all in the name of finding some sort of guiding theme for my travels. The tour guide, a fortyish woman named Yeda (which she pronounced "Ee-ill-da") stands at the front of the bus telling us about the city as it rushes by us. She repeats her tour guide observations in English, Portuguese and Spanish. Her English is pretty good (and I'm sure her Portuguese is first-rate too) but I seem to understand her Spanish spiel...
...were first drawn to it by John F. Kennedy?" When Haynes Johnson mentioned that Schlossberg is 42 - the same age as JFK when he was nominated in this very city! - PBS's panel of presidential historians gasped as if Jack's ghost had just pulled up and taken a swig of Michael Beschloss's coffee...