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...also ate prawn koliwada-battered fried shrimps that offer a slight crunch on the first bite and then a satisfying series of chewy small taste explosions in your mouth-and a chili garlic squid that used Chinese flavorings and was slightly sweet before the spice kicked in. All this good fare is cheap, too. The starters begin at about $4 and most mains are between $10 and $20. I wonder if there's enough left in the expense account for my editors to send me to the next restaurant on Apple's list...
...great hitters,” Madick said of Penn. “One for nine, they have a pretty solid lineup. I’m not taking anyone for granted. The second you take someone for granted is the second they’re gonna come back to bite you in the butt. Penn has good bats, so as long as we come out strong against them, stay ahead in the count, work our pitches, and make them hit our pitch, we should be fine...
...weeks, cholera won't kill you if you simply drink enough water and salt to combat the dehydrating effects of its severe diarrhea. But millions have died from it just because they didn't know. Or how many horrible, slow deaths have there been from scurvy, which a bite of green pepper would have cured? How many poor kids in our parents' generations suffered years in splints, braces and weird, painful shoes treating "flat foot" that was no problem at all if ignored? So the doc-in-the-box might not have know about tennis leg; they're not specialists...
...textbook compared to Hofstadter’s fluid, everyday prose. “I Am a Strange Loop” feels like the kind of intellectually thrilling late-night dorm room conversations which don’t happen nearly as often as they should.This conversation is presented in pleasant bite-sized chunks, with each chapter divided into sections with clever headings. The concepts set forth in each segment of a chapter magically coalesce into a clear set of logical ideas which are easy to understand, but hard to articulate.Although Hofstadter is no longer as young as he was during...
...April 2031, and a now 46-year-old campus politico of the class of 2007—pick your favorite—is in Manchester, N.H., to announce his intentions to run for U.S. president. After giving a morning speech, he heads to a local diner to grab a bite to eat and to chat with a few “ordinary” New Hampshirites. When he gets up to leave, someone quietly snatches the fork he had been using...