Word: yanks
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Spring is the time for weeding: for gardeners, a time to yank and replant; for TV watchers, a time to clear the dead underbrush from the viewing calendar and start anew. Maybe a favorite show's been canceled; maybe the midseason replacements weren't what you hoped for; maybe you've fallen out of love with a fall fling. Whatever the reason, here are six current dramas worth transplanting into your weekly rotation before rerun season starts...
...runners). The bartenders are friendly, the lighting is comfortable, and there’s a performance space that will be taken up by Celtic rock band One Side on the 17th. But be warned: The Asgard feels like a chain restaurant, with Irish accessories that might fool a Yank but would...
mile away and chats on his cell phone. Except for turning the combine around at the end of each row and the occasional moment when he has to brave the autumn chill to yank clogged ears out of the 30-ft. header, Mitchell's work in his cab more closely resembles a corporate employee's than that of a farmer. In fact, Mitchell calls his combine his "office on wheels...
...true with most major tragedies in life, it takes more than a couple of weeks to get rid of the blues. Each day is a struggle. When the alarm rings in the morning, it’s suddenly difficult to yank yourself out of bed as an underlying sense of pain and loss grabs at your heart and makes that dreamy delirium you just left seem oh-so-inviting. After the tragedy that befell us on Nov. 2, I’ve barely been able...
...people of Thimphu. In a panic, I grab frantically for the edge of my kira—but what only this morning was a cloth with huge, unmanageable edges, is now miraculously devoid of any edge. I cling with sweaty fingers to a random hunk of cloth, trying to yank enough of it over to the right to cover me until I can finally sneak into a hotel bathroom to redistribute the fabric...