Word: twistings
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...Cappuccino” begins with a chord that sounds like it’s from an 8-bit video game, something one would almost never expect from a hip-hop compilation, but the fact that they repeatedly sing, “I need a fresh cappuccino with a mocha twist / Fresh fresh cappuccino with a mocha twist” dampens the song’s overall impact. Tracks that have less rapping and more instrumental experimentation fare better, like the first song on the album, “The List.” It doesn’t help that...
...approval in less than a week. Private debt across the Baltics rose from nearly zero to Western levels as consumers became hooked on credit. Home buyers and businesses took out mortgages in foreign currencies, which had the effect of worsening already severe current-account deficits. In a peculiarly Estonian twist, companies in the tech-savvy country began offering high-interest short-term loans by mobile phone. Borrowers could text the company their requests and have money transferred into their bank accounts almost instantly, albeit at usurious interest rates of up to 800% a month...
...Your narratives twist well-known fairy tales. Which came first: your stories, “The True Story of the Three Little Pigs,” or “Shrek?” GM: I think “Shrek” came first...
...With the sudden, serendipitous twist characteristic of most “Harvard moments,” the event turned into just that. Gaylor somehow found himself in Scalia’s limousine, en route to dinner with the jurist at the Charles Hotel. “After the speech I was talking to this gentleman, you know, just being polite,” he says, smiling at the memory. “Turns out, the gentleman was Nelson Shanks. He’s probably a nobody to you, but he’s actually Justice Scalia’s portrait...
...analysis of the number of Harvard wedding announcements that made it into the New York Times wedding section. Manhattan Media, the organization that bought the magazine in May 2008, intended to mail 02138 to the 50,000 wealthiest Harvard alumni—for free. While this was an intriguing twist for advertisers, it was ultimately not a successful one for 02138.Richard Bradley, former executive editor of 02138, explains that the magazine was founded as a way to cover a breath of lifestyle issues with one common thread: Harvard alumni. “I’m a real admirer...