Word: twists
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...followed every twist and turn of the five weeks of voting that just ended in India, during which 415 million voters in megacities, small towns and tiny villages came together to elect a new government. I tagged along at one of Rahul Gandhi's campaign rallies, and watched his cousin Varun's inflammatory speeches on YouTube. I calculated the anti-incumbency factor and tracked the post-Mumbai-attacks backlash vote. Counting day - a holiday in India - was dramatic. By the afternoon of May 16, the alliance led by the Congress Party, which had been expected to squeak through...
Back home, my sadness turned to joy. A quick search of online ticket sellers revealed that a Legends Suite ticket can be had for about $100 on some nights. So by a twist of logic, I had not only soaked the Yankees for $27, I had tripped on a great recession value. The New York Yankees: what a bargain...
What is your favorite plot twist of all time? Emi Chang Kaneshiro MILILANI, HAWAII...
...month of a gutsy new Champagne stopper prototype. The Maestro opening system, developed by Alcan Packaging Capsules, is composed of a concealed crown bottle cap fitted with an aluminum lever. It's far easier to use than a conventional stopper - no struggling to hold the heavy bottle as you twist, no worrying that you'll take someone's eye out with the cork - but it still delivers that satisfying pop upon opening. It's a minirevolution in a region hitherto unswayed by the widespread embrace of screw caps and other deviations from cork closures...
...soaring saga of No. 99 - the boy-king whose almost supernatural insight into the game and how it was played changed hockey forever and permanently ensconced the always humble pride of Brantford as the game's Luke Skywalker and Jesus Christ - this potential move would represent a welcome twist and fitting conclusion to the Gretzky narrative. (See pictures of shoes worn by Olympic athletes...