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  • But you never know, sometimes when you're following your bliss full-throttle, you end up being someone else's hero too.

    Karen Talavera: Singing (and Hip-Hopping) the Praises of Non-Conformity Karen Talavera 2010

  • But you never know, sometimes when you're following your bliss full-throttle, you end up being someone else's hero too.

    Karen Talavera: Singing (and Hip-Hopping) the Praises of Non-Conformity Karen Talavera 2010

  • Operating at a crossroads between theatre, comedy and experimental music, this trio of mavericks from Australia have pulled off a difficult trick: creating a show at the cutting edge of formal innovation, that also provides full-throttle entertainment throughout.

    This week's new live comedy 2011

  • It wouldn't work with Spy Kids 4, but it might with this first award-winning combo: full-throttle heist thriller Drive, starring Mad Men's Christina Hendricks, and illustrator Paul Blow, as seen in the Guardian's Comment pages.

    This week's new film festivals 2011

  • Not to toot my own horn too loudly, but everyone on earth loves my dancing and wants to dance with me, once they witness the full-throttle “Shirley Temple with gray hair” experience of it all—be they so blessed.

    Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

  • Politicians borrowed at full-throttle to prop up economies that were already sinking under the weight of state programs and regulations.

    Market Crises Versus Sovereign Crises Jean-Philippe Delsol 2011

  • The pop star engages in a high-heeled, full-throttle fight sequence against herself in the futuristic clip, which also pays homage to her past as monitors play her old videos in the background.

    Britney Spears Fights Herself in "Hold It Against Me" Video 2011

  • But meeting him off duty is peculiar if you have only previously witnessed him at full-throttle in jolly Mr Marvel mode.

    Life as a children's entertainer 2011

  • It's been 30 years since Tom Wolfe published his full-throttle attack on modern architecture, "From Bauhaus to Our House."

    Staying Warm in the Machine Pia Catton 2011

  • Not to toot my own horn too loudly, but everyone on earth loves my dancing and wants to dance with me, once they witness the full-throttle “Shirley Temple with gray hair” experience of it all—be they so blessed.

    Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

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