Word: capone
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...Administration's proposal drew instant fire from passengers and Amtrak officials. "It's really ridiculous," said Ross Capon, executive director of the National Association of Railroad Passengers. Amtrak executives argued that shutting down the 23,600-mile system could cost more than running it, at least in the short term. The line has $3.1 billion in assets, including train cars and stations, that Amtrak officials say would be worth almost nothing if passenger service becomes extinct. In addition, more than 25,000 workers would demand some $2.1 billion in severance...
...works of art in A Medieval Feast, written and illustrated by Aliki (Crowell; $9.95): the regal meal, and the author's rendering of it. Preparations at the manor house, the pursuit of pheasants by falcons, and boars by aristocrats, the serving of the rare Cockentrice (a capon and suckling pig cut in half, stuffed and sewn each to the other's half), and finally the ravenous consumption of the endless courses are researched and represented with the serene detail of an illuminated manuscript...
...result was an A.A.P. boycott of the book fair in Moscow and a change of venue for the party. The survivors of the ill-fated 1979 gathering who were able to attend joined about 50 other Soviet exiles last week for a dinner of stuffed capon and salade russe in the Trustees Room of the 42nd Street public library in New York City. The publishers created a minifair of their own: a table laden with U.S.-published books by Russian writers who are banned in the U.S.S.R. Said Bernstein: "The pattern of intimidation, of fear, of harsh sentences arbitrarily meted...
...frustrating point during his three-set loss to Harvard's Scott Walker yesterday at Palmer-Dixon, Brown's Phil Diaz yelled a self-deprecating "Turkey" at the top of his lungs. By the end of the match Diaz and his Bruin teammates were stuffed as big as a Thanksgiving capon by the Crimson who trounced them...
...prix fixe seemed a bit steep, but the menu sounded impressive enough-breast of capon cordon bleu, pommes rissolées, bombe glacée-and the comic booked for the evening was strictly top banane: Jimmy Carter. For the first time in the 64 years that the White House Correspondents' Association has been inviting Presidents to its annual all-in-fun dinner, however, the incumbent did not show or send his wife or his Vice President to fill...