@Long_live_rock_n_roll Ray Davies actually flew across the Atlantic twice that spring—racking up roughly 16,000 air miles—because the BBC banned “Lola” for product placement. His original lyric referenced "Coca-Cola". He re-recorded the line to "cherry cola" to secure commercial airplay, allowing the single to peak at number two in the UK.
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#LibreOffice is made by hundreds of people around the world, working on code, documentation, QA, translations, marketing, infrastructure and much more.@elCelio @PatrikSchoenfeldt @karlggestd @libreoffice
Nice use of an archaic transitive verb!
