Word: boils
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...Mugabe blames much of his country's ills on foreign hostility and interference. Last week his frustration came to the boil. Two journalists-Joseph Winter of the bbc and Mercedes Sayagues, who works for a South African weekly highly critical of the Mugabe regime-were expelled from Harare. The government cited work-permit problems, but the moves were clearly part of a clampdown on the foreign press and on reporting of the catastrophic situation in Zimbabwe. Mugabe also invited diplomats to a reception in Harare to rail about the activity of foreign "dirty hands," especially in last year's general...
...theory you should be able to learn quite a bit from the predicament of 16 would-be millionaires abandoned, as CBS says, "in the heart of one of the most unforgiving places anywhere on earth, the Australian outback." But this is what we've learned so far: Boil river water before you drink it; don't let an Army guy do your fishing; keep your hair in braids...
...about control, of course. While nicknames can just as easily be dispensed with affection as with malice, either way the practice is as stone alpha male as social interaction gets. Giving someone a name--any name--is a highly presumptuous act, assuming as it does the right to boil down someone's persona to a sole characteristic--and then legitimize it through repeated use. Of course, Bush has been shrewd in his choices--while sometimes bawdy, his nicknames are rarely pejorative--and he understands that for most people, a pet name suggests intimacy, a special relationship that in fact...
...Balance the budget - "America must maintain our record of fiscal responsibility." Stay engaged abroad, especially with the world's poor - "This global gap requires more than compassion. It requires action." And watch out that this melting pot of a nation doesn't boil over...
Testa? That's headcheese, which Batali defines this way: "You take everything north of the shoulder on a pig--the eyebrows, a big hunk of nostril, all that good stuff--and put it in a pot." Boil and serve as an appetizer--for $10, at Batali's flagship restaurant, Babbo...