Word: wintered
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...would sing his signature tune Nessun Dorma at the inauguration of the 1990 World Cup in Italy, which by many accounts may have been his most widely seen peformance by hundreds of millions of television viewers. His last major appearance was singing at the opening ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin...
...schoolteacher Sean Winter-Bottom's earliest memories is of being lifted out of his bed in the dead of night, wrapped lovingly in a blanket, and plonked in front of the television to watch his country's rugby team, the All Blacks, play a test match against Wales. So special was the event, he was even allowed to break his parents' rule against eating cereal on the carpet in front of the TV. Such is the abandon that manifests in the face of New Zealand's national obsession: the brutal, beautiful game of rugby. "Here," says Winterbottom, "rugby crosses...
...newcomers have largely been welcomed. St. Peter and Paul's Church in Portlaoise is increasing the frequency of its Polish Masses. Last winter, the church hosted an African Mass with Nigerian music and traditional dress. And the parish welcoming committee, founded three years ago to provide social support to newcomers, this summer helped organize traditional Irish-dance lessons for immigrants, as well as a popular Indian festival, Onam, to make them feel at home...
...script - his first - that is nostalgic yet so gritty you can almost feel the sting of a painkilling needle. He took the script to a friend, businessman Anthony Coffey, who with Nable and director Andrews formed The Three Scallywags, a production company that would turn Nable's words into Winter, which opens Sept. 6 in Australia and later in the year in New Zealand...
...almost up. Johns also has the film's funniest lines, in one scene telling his players in a half-time rant that two of their supposedly rugged team-mates had been off "giving each other a f___ing sponge bath." By bringing a bygone era to life, The Final Winter will touch a generation of sports fans for whom today's games just don't stack...