Word: basile
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Though I don't mind the need for a richly garlicked salad dressing and the absolute necessity of basil in something every two weeks or so, I am not sure I have much choice. My food snobbery is clearly genetic. Whether it's nature or nurture is a moot point when I instinctively turn my nose up at the concept that any sort of chain--McDonald's, The Cheesecake Factory, Chili's, whatever--can get more than French fries right...
SCARFED UP: Can watching scarfs being jerked around underwater for 50 minutes be fun? Puppeteer Basil Twist makes it so in his New York City show with a Fantasia-like dance to Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique. It's classical music's answer to rock's laser shows...
Days later, Basil Stewart, an unemployed 25-year-old father of three, drove two hours from Brooklyn to Greenwich to spend $175--mostly crumpled up fives and 10s--on Powerball tickets. Could he afford it? "No comment," Stewart replied. More disturbing still was the fact that 28-year-old waiter Ernie Kovic, was also on a Greenwich lottery line, funneling all the money he had been saving for college--$3,000--into Powerball tickets...
...early influences, Stein has found ways of standing out from the stodgy ranks of D.C. lawyers--and not just with books and clothing. He spends Saturdays in his office doing free legal work for low-income Washingtonians. "He knows every waiter and car salesman in town," says law partner Basil Mezines. In a city that takes power oh so seriously, Stein is wryly self-deprecating. Asked how it felt to be named special prosecutor for Meese, Stein said that at a time in his life when his other faculties were in decline, he was glad to be getting subpoena power...
...most impressive contribution by a freshman,however, came from Kowal. The Honolulu nativesplit time with Basil throughout the season andshowed a high level of poise rare in a rookie. Heroutstanding quickness and ball-handling skills aresure signs of a promising collegiate career. Addthe fact that Harvard will welcome one of itsstrongest recruiting classes in the fall, anddespite graduating the greatest Ivy League women'splayer ever in Feaster, the phrase "four-peat" isbeing thrown around already...