Word: ticket
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...French call l'esprit d'escalier, the things that you should have said a moment ago, lines you think of while coming down the stairs. (The British call it "taxi wit," which may prove that the French think faster than the Brits.) This debased muttering is directed at salesclerks, ticket-writing cops and even would-be muggers: "You know, son, when I was in Nam .." Talking to oneself is inherently a private act, not meant to be shared, and as such it may be a safety valve for venting the mind's little gases and toxins. Best done silently and/or...
...advice to anyone who was in the stands when David Wells pitched his perfect game for the New York Yankees last week is simple: Have your ticket stub notarized. Otherwise, nobody is going to believe you. I speak as someone who was there when Carl DeRose pitched his perfect game for the Kansas City Blues of the American Association in 1947. Yes, I was. Really...
Tired of searching all over for an affordable summer plane ticket? Now you can let the airlines do it for you. At priceline.com a popular new website, bargain hunters name their price and wait for carriers to come calling. In the site's first six weeks, 10,000 users have bought tickets. Starting in July, online shoppers can take the same approach to find...
...many charms of the electro-rock band Garbage is the group's expectations-lowering name. After all, if you buy a ticket to a movie called Big-Budget Bomb or vote for, say, a gubernatorial candidate named Mr. Lecherous Promise-Breaker, you've got no one to blame but yourself if things turn...
...January). Both Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways and Singapore Airlines are offering one free night in a hotel in their respective hub cities to lure passengers transiting to other destinations. Until May 31, Cathay Pacific is offering travelers an All Asia Pass, which includes a round-trip ticket from either New York City or Los Angeles to Hong Kong, for $999, with as many as 17 round-trip tickets in 30 days from Hong Kong to any other Asian city where Cathay flies...