Word: copious
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...over our notebooks to the irate security officials who could arrest those we'd spoken to for illegally fraternizing with foreign journalists. After a couple hours of unsuccessful interrogation, the local cops changed their tactic: they would forcibly invite us to attend a banquet thrown on our behalf. The copious alcohol was apparently intended to improve our disappointingly meager accounting of our visit...
With people crowded in a sparsely lit courtyard, and copious amounts of beer and punch flowing Friday seemed like a typical night...
With barely enough time to recover from Springfest, the Undergraduate Council approved another round of grants and a barbecue to take place in the Quad next week—on the unlikely condition that “copious amounts” of alcohol are served—at its meeting last night...
...wasn’t always that way. In high school, I sat in the front row, took copious notes, listened intently, and if I ever quipped, it was usually with a teacher. That’s probably why I earned the superlative “Biggest Kiss Up.” I was always focused and always working. People called me “driven.” To be honest, though, it was fear of failure that propelled me. By the end of high school, my anxiety had grown to epic levels, and apprehensions about the future often would...
Tiger Tears with Spicy Sauce is an extraordinary dish. Small pieces of beef are tangled with mint, three types of fresh chiles, scallions, lime juice and copious amounts of slivered lemongrass that add a tangy brightness to the meat. Tossed with ground rice (dry-fried until golden, then crushed into small bits), each bite is a study in textures. It’s irresistible and impossible to stop eating. Laap, a special that often appears on the ever-changing specials board, is similar in taste, but here the beef is minced, not sliced, and saw-tooth herb, whose taste resembles...