But it seems to have torqued off at least few pundits and political leaders in Wellington.

About 60 percent were torqued off by the fact that, technically, she has no music-biz background.

Jeter had every right to be torqued off because A-Rod made some foolish boasts about home run power and his relative importance before arriving in 2004.

Using a sonic screwdriver he'd swiped from a rather daft chap back on Barolia, he torqued off the sensor screen's restraining bolts, wrapped his arms around the screen generator, and hefted it with an agonized grunt.

Chad Curtis, the spare Yankee outfielder, is torqued off with Jeter for waltzing with A-Rod while Frankie Rodriguez of the Mariners and Joe Girardi of the Yanks were grappling near home plate and Don Zimmer took a tumble while heading toward the fray.