Word: carp
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...have), the temptation is strong to retrospectively read From a Basement on the Hill as a suicide note (suicide or not). Similarly, the fact that From a Basement was largely unfinished at the time of Smith’s death almost exactly one year ago will prompt many to carp and bicker over which bits are Elliott’s and which are the work of the debatably appropriate finishing team of Smith’s ex-girlfriend and ex-producer. Like Let It Be for the Beatles, this album will never really be Smith’s, and future...
...restaurant is decorated with hookahs and Turkey's famed Iznik tiles. The signature "Swooning Imam Beside Eggplant" dish comes with pita bread baked on the premises. An added bonus: in the evenings, erudite owner Fatima Chan holds forth on Ottoman art. tel: (60-3) 2694 9724 Bar SaVanh: Koi carp ponds, opium beds and mammoth buddha heads combine to make Bar SaVanh the slickest place along Jalan Doraisamy for aperitifs. Soak up the booze with tasty tidbits from CoChine, the Indo-Chinese restaurant upstairs. tel: (60-3) 2697 1180 La Bodega: Yearning for tapas and fat Monte Cristo cigars? Then...
...favors bilateral talks with the North. And the Bush Administration believes re-election would give it a freer hand to deal firmly with the North, possibly through tougher sanctions. Until then, though, Bush needs to appear open to negotiation so that allies and domestic voters alike will not carp that war is his primary tool of foreign policy. "It seems both sides don't want to compromise," says Lee Jung Hoon, a political scientist at Yonsei University in Seoul. "But neither wants to be seen as the culprit for the lack of progress...
According to Gogan, come May, there is almost certainly an osprey or two to be seen above this intersection and the Charles River. They come to feast on the migrating Alewifes, as well as perch, carp and sunfish in the river...
...sight and smell of fresh fish blood in the street don't stir your feelings of yuletide cheer, then chances are you're not Czech. For 'tis the season when the streets of Prague are filled with stands selling carp, a staple of the Bohemian holiday table, served breaded and fried with potato salad. Many folks buy their fish live and kill it at home. More squeamish celebrants have it gutted for them...