Word: toured
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...that people almost uniformly think is interesting but that no one has really paid much attention to." His search for uses of the word took him from erudite scholarly archives to explicit porn sites. TIME senior reporter Andrea Sachs reached the author by phone in Seattle during his book tour. (See a brief history of the F word...
When Lance Armstrong won his record-breaking seventh Tour de France championship in 2005, Chris Hong was playing the violin, not giving a moment’s thought to cycling. Now, four years later in Hong’s senior year at Harvard, his stringed instruments have been pushed to the wayside for handlebars and a saddle, and cycling has become his new, and favorite, tune...
...sidekicks are par for the course in political memoirs, though ghostwriters say many pols are heavily involved in the writing process. Palin's assist came from Lynn Vincent, a writer for the Christian news magazine WORLD who has co-authored several other books. (Read about Sarah Palin's book tour...
...flop (twice) on saying farewell to his game. Pitcher Roger Clemens remains the reigning king of comebacks: he retired a total of three times, in 2003, 2006 and 2007. Lance Armstrong left cycling in 1996 to battle cancer but returned two years later, going on to win seven consecutive Tour de France titles...
...boxing in 1974, became the oldest fighter to win a major heavyweight title 20 years later. And it's not just athletes: in 2006, Barbra Streisand fans nearly took their idol to court when the singer announced a series of farewell shows - seven years after her last "last-ever" tour...