Word: twistings
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Jazz A Cappella “With a Twist!” Phillips Brooks House...
Parking space, not politics, is what usually gets my thoroughly decent, middle-class Istanbul neighborhood in a twist. But Sunday morning, the Burberry set - trendy teenagers in Ray-ban Aviators, pensioners in sun hats, young professionals and entire families - turned revolutionary. Waving red and white Turkish flags and chanting "Turkey will not become Iran," they streamed up the road by the hundreds to join the city's biggest secularist rally in recent memory. Fed up with the politics of Turkey's Islamic-rooted government, the so-called White Turks have finally taken to the streets...
...must be: Because it's a parable, stupid. But also because Infante has a natural nobility that explains why? José Carlos (J.C. for short) remains loving through this Calvary of abuse. In so many of his films, a Pedro smile or tear or grimace? make the wildest plot twist plausible (almost). A great spirit must endure great suffering. His silent soldiering-on here is no less heroic than the dreadful beating he takes, and then dishes out, during the Pepe el Toro boxing match. As the ringside announcer says with awe in that movie, "His heart...
...influences. “Okay” is probably the catchiest song of the bunch. It’s hard to play this song without doing a dance and singing along. It’s also the best of a few collaborations with will.i.am and a more modern twist on Gray’s trademark style. In short, it works fabulously. “Shoo Be Doo” brings Gray’s voice to the forefront throughout the verses, and shows how a funky beat and tried-and-true song form can be made original by a unique...
Japan is a trainspotter's paradise. From the 12 separate metro lines that twist beneath Tokyo like a bowl of noodles to the suburban commuter trains packed to bursting every morning and evening, the country runs on rails. In 2005, Japanese traveled 243 billion miles by railroad - nearly 1,900 miles per person. And 49 billion of those miles were covered by the shinkansen, the super-fast bullet trains that make intercity travel as simple as a subway hop. If all you've ever known is the slow torture of Amtrak, you won't believe trains that reach...