But we all rather cringe at his stream of off-colour jokes. (Our Nordic cousins look particularly pained.) And he will flash his money around.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

Racers follow the stream -- jumping off small cliffs and through waterfalls -- and a final rock face at the base creates one of the last challenges, requiring concentration and crab-walking to climb down.

BBC: An Alaskan-style Fourth of July

Beckham is one of the world's most recognisable names, both for his sporting prowess and numerous off-pitch endorsement deals, and his pulling power could provide a valuable income stream for PSG -- which must conform to European football's financial fair play rules that restrict over-spending by club owners.

CNN: David Beckham to donate PSG wages to children's charity

The Z Backscatter Vans, or ZBVs, as the company calls them, send a narrow stream of X-rays off and through nearby objects and read which ones bounce back.

FORBES: Magazine Article

It wouldn't be CES without Stream TV showing off more interesting glasses-free 3D technology and then launching, um, nothing into the wide market.

ENGADGET

Afghan officials had said the British patrol had shot dead an off-duty Afghan policeman who was not in uniform but was carrying a weapon as he washed in a stream - mistaking him for an insurgent.

BBC: Cpl David O'Connor, Cpl Channing Day

Drugs that falter in development, or come off-patent, are less of a problem if there is a steady stream of new products to take their place.

ECONOMIST: Pharmaceuticals

With Bluetooth capability, you can use a discreet remote control to change volume, turn the device on and off, toggle between electronic devices, answer hands-free phone calls and stream music, sort of like having a miniature wireless headset in your ear.

WSJ: Conquering Retirement: Hearing-Aid Shopping Tips

Soon a steady stream of portly, middle-aged men were clambering into the gallery, stripping off their jackets, and bending their ears to the receiver.

NEWYORKER: In the Air