Word: carrot
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...frenetic clown Clarabell on the Howdy Doody Show. Seven years later, at the age of 28, he debuted as the grandfatherly Captain Kangaroo, who was named for his multipocketed jacket. He taught subtle lessons in chats with characters like the animal-loving farmer Mr. Green Jeans, the carrot-craving Bunny Rabbit and the laconic Grandfather Clock. Keeshan, who didn't patronize his audience, lamented in 1993 that recent television programs for kids were too simplistic for children. "There's no room to stretch," he said...
...states have accepted some harmonization of standards and last month agreed on an E.U. border-management agency, due to start advising and funding cooperative efforts in 2005. For the near future, the stick of common policing is bound to be more central to Europe's immigration policy than the carrot of legal quotas. "We want third countries to help us slow the tide," says an E.U. official. "But we don't have much to give them in exchange." The slim number of immigrants European countries are willing to admit they need still doesn't approach the number of those willing...
...traditional beliefs by smokescreens like abortion, Elian Gonzalez or school prayer. Times are tough for liberal Catholics over at St. Paul’s church, and the political landscape has slowly shifted further right. Republicans have been drooling for Jewish votes, dangling the Israel-Palestine issue as a carrot. I hope that liberals at Hillel heed the warnings from what has happened to American Catholics...
...Harvard. (“Chopra Employs Both Carrot and Stick," September...
...deliciously savory maklouba—hearty chunks of lamb or tofu, cauliflower and eggplant sealed with rice and cooked in lamb broth, then turned upside down and served steaming hot. Other Sepal specialties include the warm, filling red lentil soup and the rich butternut squash, chickpea and carrot soup—both vegan-friendly and served with traditional toasted bread. Finish off your meal with a cup of cardamom-spiced Arabic coffee and Masoud’s slightly-sweet rolled baklava, or the feathery cheese-and-shredded-phyllo pastry called kunaffa. Sepal’s atmosphere is cozy and casual...