Word: chipping
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...there are tent cities with hundreds of permanently homeless men. Mother Teresa's nuns have set up a soup kitchen in the second richest nation on Earth. The economy is shrinking, and the official unemployment rate has risen to 5%, highest in a generation. In recent weeks, the blue-chip stars of the country's manufacturing sector--the makers of computer chips, TVs and PCs, such as Toshiba, Fujitsu and NEC--have announced that they will shed tens of thousands of jobs...
Thomas Keller uses more quotation marks than a contract lawyer. His menu has "bacon and eggs," "chips and dip," "coffee and donuts" and even "macaroni and cheese." But this mac and cheese consists of orzo in coral oil with mascarpone topped with lobster and a parmesan chip. As intricate and deliberate as Keller's cooking is, he's desperate to ward off the gravitas. "Coming to a restaurant like this can be intimidating. And that's the last thing I want," he says. "I don't want people to come here afraid, like it's some kind of temple...
...battle against Parkinson’s disease. His struggle frustrates Enid, a Midwestern mother of three grown children striving to maintain a fantasy of proud normalcy and prosperity in her own life and in the lives of her children. The Lambert children are not exactly cooperating with that fantasy. Chip is a former professor who was fired for having an affair with a student, and now leads an increasingly desperate existence in New York City as an aspiring screenwriter. His older brother Gary is the picture of upper-middle class suburban contentment who can’t seem to ignore...
...late to make things better with the third child, even as the conditions that created the need for improvement ultimately undermine it. Denise is abruptly reminded of the correction she is experiencing when she finds herself tempted by the lips and body of her own mother. Chip is just trying to avoid total failure and stay afloat. And Enid is eternally hoping to fix the things she can’t. Everything they do and worry about are inextricably linked to their family, to their past. These are not extraordinary people, and they are not caught in extraordinary situations...
...Overseas, world markets went on churning - and were down. In London, the FTSE 100 index of British blue chip shares closed down 5.7 percent from Monday's close, with British Airways stock - a bad day for airlines - dropping 21 percent. In Germany, the DAX plummeted as much as 11.4 percent lower before recovering somewhat to close the day down 8.5 percent. The Paris Stock Exchange's CAC 40 index tumbled 7.4 percent; the Mib30 index in Milan finished the day at its lowest closing level since Oct. 17, 1998 - down 7.7 percent...