Some publications (many science publications, in particular, and the Economist) are given to language play of all types in their headlines and lead paragraphs. Sometimes, though, they just seem to luck on bits of found poetry. Here, from the New Scientist of August 1st, p. 15:
Than Steel in Water
Icy balls fall faster
than steel in water
(Summary: Ice-coated tungsten carbide balls matching solid steel balls in size and weight fall faster than the steel balls when dropped into water.)
The title of this little poem led me to think of Like Water for Chocolate — the 1989 book and the 1992 film made from it.
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