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...judge. A duel ensued.The soldier in black stood a few inches taller. She churned her arms, dropped her head and shook it side-to-side when the notes from “It’s 5!” charged off the stage, horns ablaze. Her hands shot upward with the high notes. Her hips hesitated (all style) on the offbeat. Her eyes opened only at the end of the song to catch her opponent’s, stinging like a glove against his cheek.He (in white, shoulders shrugged and feet kicking) responded with appropriate late...
...neon beer sign, and several girls dressed in ’80’s mod.A few awkward moments later, the older architect was talking to one of these girls. “I’m so bored right now,” she told him, eyes fluttering upward as she spoke very close to his face. “It’s time to go. I am so bored. Are you coming to the Kong?”The crowd in Eliot, like most crowds that night, was high on liquor and low on volume...
Miller believes that the fall has already begun. Even the ominous approach of Hurricane Rita, which in late September threatened further devastation to American refineries, failed to drive oil prices close to the post-Katrina high of $70.85--a sign, in his view, that the upward momentum has run out of gas. Miller also points out that oil's rise has been driven by trend-following hedge funds and traders piling into whatever is hot. With the oil price slipping, "that speculative money flow will reverse," as they bet instead that it will keep dropping...
...fame. In the late 1970s, the Marianis bought a medieval castle in the Montalcino area, Castello Banfi, started growing Sangiovese Grasso grapes on some of the surrounding 7,100 acres and began making their own Brunello. Thanks to their efforts, the quality and reputation of the local wine whooshed upward. Brunello became one of the top Italian wines, and Americans and Italians took notice...
...cheerios on the edge cling to the side of the bowl because the milk tends to dip upward due to the meniscus effect—the attraction between the liquid and the solid...