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...terrorism network. When the deluge began on Mindanao Island, the 30-odd bandits stopped to put up makeshift tarps for themselves and their three hostages--a Filipina nurse and an American couple, Martin and Gracia Burnham. The soldiers were already close by, having followed a trail of discarded coconut meat and jackfruits that, they say, the Burnhams themselves may have dropped to help the pursuit. "I would like to think they were dropping clues on the trail like Hansel and Gretel so the troops could find them," says Brigadier General Emmanuel Teodosio, director of the Philippine forces involved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shoot-Out in the Jungle | 6/17/2002 | See Source »

...terrorism network. When the deluge began on Mindanao Island, the 30-odd bandits stopped to put up makeshift tarps for themselves and their three hostages ? a Filipina nurse and an American couple, Martin and Gracia Burnham. The soldiers were already close by, having followed a trail of discarded coconut meat and jackfruits that, they say, the Burnhams themselves may have dropped to help the pursuit. "I would like to think they were dropping clues on the trail like Hansel and Gretel so the troops could find them," says Brigadier General Emmanuel Teodosio, director of the Philippine forces involved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shoot-Out in the Jungle | 6/10/2002 | See Source »

...Friends," scheduled to be published by HarperCollins in January. Her new book features more than 100 desserts, many from her own family, including grandma Addie, great-aunt Agnes and Aunt Mary. One's waistline expands just thinking about the desserts from the American South: everything from molasses cookies to coconut cake, banana pudding and homemade candy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Galley Girl: Brown Sugar and Buzz | 5/28/2002 | See Source »

Both of our desserts hit their marks as well and were part of a very appealing list of five closers. The sweet rice “pudding” with coconut and mango ($5) is indeed a delicious rice pudding, well-accented by the fruit and two crisp cookies. The clove ice cream that accompanied the toasted phyllo pastry with dates, honey and pistachio ($6) was perhaps the big winner of the night. Additional choices included warm chocolate cake with cinnamon ice cream ($6) and very appealing caramelized banana napoleon ($6). Meyer lemons seem to be popping up just...

Author: By Nick Hobbs, Elaine C. Kwok, and Clay B. Tousey, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: A Night Out: Double Feature | 5/2/2002 | See Source »

...year, an applicant from Hawaii sent a coconut, perhaps to serve “less as a snack than as a reminder of where the applicant was from,” Fitzsimmons says...

Author: By Robert M. Annis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Admissions Unswayed By Roses, Fruit Cakes | 4/11/2002 | See Source »

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