Word: twistings
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...from Alan Parker (Angela’s Ashes). Once Gale reaches death row, he gives his side of the story to an ambitious reporter (Kate Winslet). The film’s trio of Oscar darlings and hot social topic should lend some class and relevance, respectively, to the reportedly twist-heavy story. The Life of David Gale screens...
...Secret History—these are the essences of a luxury that most of us (sadly, unfortunately, tragically) never take advantage of. There’s something infinitely tempting and tantalizing about a new book—turning the pages in greedy anticipation of the next development, the latest twist. But old books, with their well-known passages and descriptions etched into fond memory, also provide needed respite...
...landscape is still shifting as retailers try to track consumer behavior. Here's a twist: while mega-portals attract boatloads of shoppers--Yahoo, MSN and AOL (owned by the same corporate parent as TIME) rank among the 10 most visited shopping sites, according to ComScore Media Metrix--consumers don't usually think of them as shopping sites, notes Carrie Johnson, e-commerce analyst at Forrester Research. In fact, Web users often land in a portal's shopping area by accident, attracted by an ad that appears as they are using e-mail or checking sports scores. While reading about Tiger...
...DIED. HANK BALLARD, 75, R.-and-B. singer-songwriter whose chart topper The Twist ushered in a national dance mania in the late 1950s and '60s in the U.S.; in Los Angeles. Penned by Ballard in 1958, the song was picked up by Chubby Checker in 1959 and transformed into a rock-and-roll sensation. Other versions of the song became hits for acts such as the Isley Brothers and the Beatles. Ballard was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...
...rare moments praising Harvard, John Reed said “All sorts of strange characters of every race and mind; poets, philosophers, cranks of every twist. No matter what you were or what you did, at Harvard you could find your kind.” He would have loved Quincy...