Word: suddenness
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...could be more surprised by the sudden surge of Pinot interest than John Winthrop Haeger, author of the recently released--and well-timed--North American Pinot Noir (University of California Press), which details all aspects of the often moody grape and profiles 72 of the best American Pinot Noir producers. He devoted the past five years to exploring a wine that he felt was "a growing niche phenomenon" with a "healthy cult status. I thought Pinot Noir would never be mainstream. It wasn't ever going to be synonymous with red wine." But then came the film...
...buzz about power racquets and booming strokes, tennis is a game of timing. A woman in her 30s wins a watch in a raffle, and it's for Federer to present it to her. She's not sure whether to kiss him and makes a late and sudden lunge for his cheek; he responds with a quick and slightly awkward lunge for hers. Mostly he grins and chuckles while talking about how well he's been playing, how no other player seems able to touch him, and about all the compliments he's been receiving from his fellow pros...
...first seven members of the Jesuits, a religious order now recognized as a pillar of the Catholic Church. He never conquered states as an adventurer nor discovered new wonders as an explorer because he was never either. Mainland China, his final objective, eluded him because of the sudden illness that took his life, putting an untimely end to his quest to spread the faith to all four corners of the world. St. Francis Xavier is highly venerated because of his evangelical achievement and nothing more. Albert Tan-Mo Makati, the Philippines...
...Obviously, when your team throws a shutout, you expect to win,” Grumet-Morris admitted after his team was relegated to the consolation round by a sudden-death shootout...
...Boiko, head of Naftogaz, Ukraine's state oil and gas company, agreed to a $500 million price hike. Ukraine gets more than 75% of its natural gas from Turkmenistan and Russia, and many Ukrainians saw the hand of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who opposed Yushchenko's election, in the sudden price increase. "The empire strikes back," says political analyst Konstantin Bondarenko, "but Putin does it by proxy to show Ukraine its place." The Kremlin had no comment. Yushchenko, who's expected to be sworn in later this month, has also avoided the issue, but he did reiterate his pledge...