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...meats with Asian spices, curries and chutneys. Try bobotie, a tasty casserole of minced beef or lamb, raisins, almonds and curry powder topped with egg custard; or waterblommetjie bredie, a stew made with lamb and the flowers of water lilies. Breyani, made from rice, lentils and lamb or chicken, is another favorite. Many restaurants also now serve African dishes such as pap or mealie meal (maize-meal porridge) and umngqusho, made of crushed dried maize kernels, sugar beans, butter, onions, potatoes, chilies and lemons. Also good with pap, or with dumplings made from flour and water, is morogo, a type...
...cannot fry a chicken out of an omelette. So an auditor should never assume that he can substitute for bad controls...
...condiments that have accompanied the smile over the years, from the 18th century English vogue for wearing mouse-skin eyebrows, to the Japanese tooth-blackening practice of ohaguro. How the author manages to connect the 16th century European habit of dog turd-throwing, Dutch painting's depiction of the chicken groper, and a potted history of the sheela-na-gig (the wanton witch engraved in medieval churches across England, Ireland and Wales) is part of the book's but-I-digress charm...
...allegedly expanded his operation into a truck-hijacking racket. With connections at airports and on the waterfront, say feds, he and his crew would flag down trucks, usually prearranged "give-ups" with the O.K. of the drivers. He once scored 2,000 cases of Chicken of the Sea, another time 500 cartons of Mitsubishi sneakers...
...performing economy in Southeast Asia and enjoyed stratospheric approval ratings. But a series of recent setbacks has many Thais wondering if he's losing his touch. Thaksin's woes began with his slow response to the recent bird-flu crisis, which has killed eight and devastated the country's chicken industry. Then, in quick succession, he was forced to back down from a controversial plan to close entertainment venues at midnight, respond to accusations that he was using his influence to muffle criticism in the local press, watch as thousands rallied in Bangkok to protest government plans to privatize state...