Word: blend
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...development company) will resemble a ruined brick shell brought to life by a new glass enclosure. Two existing ornate portals will be replicated to provide four entrances, an allusion to the house of the patriarch Abraham as described in rabbinic writings. Explains Wines: "The design symbolizes the blend of cultures as well as the contrasts of decay and renewal that seem to be evident in Williamsburg...
...contributes such variants as lamb and split pea soup (adding a Middle Eastern flavor with mint, dill and yogurt), a soup of short ribs and lentils, and another made with beef and beans. A summer classic rarely seen on U.S. menus is Portugal's caldo verde, a delicate blend of kale, potatoes and sausage. One chapter is devoted to vegetable potages, including the soupe au pistou of southern France, Italian garbanzo and pasta soup, and gazpacho. Fish soups include a spicy Peruvian chowder, Italian zuppa di pesce, and a Mediterranean concoction flavored with Pernod, as well as an elegant...
...problem with Fosse's technique, which is a skillful blend of narrative action, reminiscences about Dorothy and Paul from those who knew them, interviews with Dorothy after she became famous, and blood-drenched flashbacks to the afternoon of the murder, is that you know the ending, and must wait uncomfortably for the violent climax. The acting is uniformly excellent, the camera work unobtrusively effective, and the cinematography by frequent Bergman collaborator Sven Nykvist superb. Sleazy glitter is shown in a drab light that seems to have been filtered through all of the cocktail lounges in Los Angeles...
...style, of curiously inept human beings muddling through life's complications. Infused with a gentle wit and narrated in an unobtrusively direct style. Trevor's stories are more palatable and accessible than Larkin's poems--not burdened by a heaviness of style or mood, but engaging with their attractive blend of wistful melancholy...
SOMEWHAT LOST in turmoil and tragedy of the past few months has been a slightly morbid, yet potentially momentous "sideshow": the double invocation by Congress of the 1973 War Powers Resolution. This strange blend of binding and non-binding resolutions remains one of the most confusing and misunderstood laws in American Constitutional history. Its primary departure from post-World War II custom is a 60 day time limit on the independent prerogative of Presidential military action...