Word: 18th
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...jumbled up in India with great flair, drawing on historical records and local lore to color her tale. Thus she relates the legend, still prevalent in the Indian city of Lucknow, that the local shammi kebab, a mincemeat patty, is made with particularly fine meat because a toothless 18th century Nawab would otherwise not have been able to gnaw his way through it. If all these stories make you hungry, Collingham thoughtfully supplies several historically accurate recipes, ranging from the zard birinj, a rice dish eaten by the Mughal Emperor Akbar, to the Besan laddu, a sweet handed...
...parental involvement laws," according to the authors. Abortion rates in this group fell 16% compared to 18-year-olds, and the rate of births also increased, by 4%. But the rate of second-trimester abortions rose 34% among this group, suggesting that girls who pursued abortions waited until their 18th birthday to sidestep the law - a result that may not cheer anti-abortion activists who might otherwise be heartened by the survey's findings...
...glamorous new restaurant in New York City. Aside from its fastidiously groomed regulars, who flock daily to Bergdorf Goodman's seventh-floor aerie, much of that glamour is derived from its sumptuous interiors. The walls are adorned with dazzling de Gournay chinoiserie wallpaper. The luxe furniture includes reproductions of 18th century egg-shaped canopy chairs, while the color palette spans robin's egg blue, chartreuse and gilt. Add staggering Central Park views, and it's not hard to see BG's genteel appeal...
...actually received an e-mail from a correspondent in the Midwest asking me if it was true, as a local columnist claimed, that Harvard had replaced its course on the Revolution with courses on midwifery and quilting. As the author of a rather well-known book on an 18th-century midwife, I knew when I had been zinged. Complaints about the abandonment of the Revolution have little to do with Harvard, however. They ultimately derive from the “History Wars” of the 1990s, a period when National Endowment for the Humanities Chair Lynne Cheney and others...
...could argue with a few of Peck's opinions. She regurgitates the conventional wisdom about Safdarjang's Tomb, an 18th century structure of sandstone and marble that looks like the Taj Mahal left in the care of a kid with a red crayon, noting that it "has been considered inferior" to the older Tomb of Humayun. This is, in my opinion, hopelessly wrong. With its elongated onion-dome and red-and-white exterior, the tomb provides a much-needed whimsical touch in a city where so many buildings are solemn. But, a few blips in judgment apart, Peck's effort...