Word: 10th
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...Parsis' culinary forte may have been their historic undoing. According to legend, the Arabs who invaded Persepolis during the Islamic incursions in the 10th century soon realized the only way to conquer the Zoroastrian warriors was to attack them after their traditional Sunday lunch of dhansak. The thick mutton stew served with cardamom-scented brown rice is extremely heavy and lulls its eaters into a siesta afterwards. (See the top 10 food trends...
French luxury company Hermès has placed its signature style on everything from Bugattis to helicopters, but this time around it has taken a greener approach with its new Toile H Smart fortwo Car, a collaboration in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Smart Car's Parisian distributor, the Como Group. Outfitted in Hermès saddle-stitched leather, the 38,000-euro limited-edition car is available only in Paris and comes in 10 colors?from the classic Hermès red to indigo, sky and lime. Boasting the lowest CO[subscript 2] emissions of any car (88 g/km), this tiny...
...Alan Palmer said. “Some teams suffered from broken boats, it was so windy. It was great for Brendan to get some experience in these challenging conditions.â€In the B division, sophomore skipper Colin Santangelo teamed up with freshman crew William White to place 10th. The Terriers from Boston University won the overall team title.—Staff writer Thomas D. Hutchison can be reached at tdhutch@fas.harvard.edu...
...Husain helps administer, in a gritty working-class Manchester neighborhood, uses reclaimed wood and solar panels on the roof to power its under-floor heating. Inside, peach carpeting and plasma TVs give the air of a prosperous suburban English home, while the prayer hall has carvings inspired by the 10th century North African Fatimid dynasty...
...Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, and why, and what the consequences were. He has read the killers' diaries, watched the surveillance tapes and interviewed many of the survivors. The result is his comprehensively nightmarish book Columbine (Twelve; 417 pages), published a few weeks shy of that grim 10th anniversary. Cullen's task is difficult not only because the events in question are almost literally unspeakable but also because even as he tells the story of a massacre that took the lives of 15 people, including the killers, he has to untell the stories that have already been told...