Word: blended
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...beat about the bush, a rally organizer conceded that the Quayle-potato analogy was somewhat unusual. But he said organization members found it an effective symbol of Quayle's unique blend of tough stances on issues and personal warmth...
Once in Burma they tried to keep a low profile, not an easy assignment for two tall foreigners such as British-born Stewart and Tucci, an Italian citizen. "Trying to blend in proved impossible," says Stewart. "But the crowds were so receptive to our questions and cameras that any fears quickly faded. People shook our hands and gave us flowers...
...then, could the blend of films and artifacts not find a home in the country that made them famous? After nearly three decades of community agitation, the Hollywood Museum is still only the promise of an empty lot next to Mann's Chinese Theater. The stars' footprints would have to lead east. Few guessed that they would lead to a working-class neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., just a short subway ride from Manhattan...
...black bean sauce ($8.95). The latter is a very generous portion (a dozen large-to-middling size shrimps) in a sauce made complex by the addition of fermented black beans. The beans are the basis of a rich sauce of their own in Cantonese cookery. Here their aromas blend with the Szechwan bouquet in a way that I find very novel. Perhaps this is the "continental cuisine" of Taipei, where Chef Hou won his epaulettes at a major hotel...
...tone is at once annoyed and complacent, that of a self-satisfied scold" -- George Will). In truth, Dukakis may be close to the ideal TV candidate: physically ungainly and ill- proportioned when seen from a distance but a compelling presence in close- up. His speaking style is a good blend of the conversational and the resonant, and he makes the canniest use of pauses since Jack Benny. That may not get him elected, but it could put him in the running for an Emmy...