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...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...
...another instance, North says, a doctoral student accepted a job as an elf despite the fact that she had "no idea how to boil water, open a bottle of wine, plan for a party, water plants, walk a dog or any other household activity...