Word: waterlooed
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...could just admit that America was overpowered, like Napoleon, by the strategic superiority shown in Waterloo, a song about 19th century Belgium that makes you want to dance. Sometimes, as that song says, you feel like you win when you lose...
...Waterloo, as you may have heard, Napoleon did surrender. Oh, yeah, and America has met its destiny in quite a similar way. Having held out admirably for decades, the U.S. has at last fully succumbed to the charms of the stickiest thing to come out of Scandinavia since the sauna. When 14-time Oscar nominee Meryl Streep is in 3,000 cinemas nationwide singing Dancing Queen, it's time to break out ze white flag, mes fr?...
...SASKIA HAVEKES, florist I'd stroll along Bourke Street in Surry Hills to Danks Street, Waterloo, visiting the precinct's many galleries. Then, in Danks Street I'd call in to the Fratelli Fresh Italian produce warehouse, tel: (61-2) 9699 3161, collect a light picnic, and head to Beare Park in Elizabeth Bay. It has a beautiful pond, the gardens always have something lovely in flower, and there are delightful harbor views. Just across the park is Elizabeth Bay House, tel: (61-2) 9356 3022, a restored 19th century mansion that often has quirky exhibitions dealing with Sydney...
During the bike-riding craze of the 1970s, businessman Richard Burke, an avid runner, sensed a market for a high-quality, American-made bike to compete with then dominant Japanese imports. In 1976 in a red barn in Waterloo, Wis., Burke started Trek with five employees. Trek, the bike on which Lance Armstrong rode to his Tour de France victories, is now the country's largest bikemaker. Burke was 73 and died of complications following heart surgery...
...plan to spend the holiday privately with their families in Des Moines, after campaigning during the day. Senator Chris Dodd will hold a low-key gathering in Dubuque. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is expected to spend the evening with his wife, Anne, and other family members in Waterloo. And former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson has planned several events during the day, finishing up in the Des Moines area - but his staff is still trying to decide what he'll do that night...