Word: corns
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...alien society is anything like ours in its leanings toward tragicomedy, the most believable explanation may come from Kristin Corn, the daughter of Hub and Sheila Corn, ranchers whose property 30 or so miles outside of Roswell is home to one of the alleged crash sites (Sheila offers pleasantly homespun tours at $15 a head). Kristin's theory: the crash was caused by alien teenagers who slipped away from a mother ship and went for a joyride, little knowing that alleged film of one of their autopsies would one day appear on the same network as World's Scariest Police...
...Like Roberts and Gates, Rattner is a low-key baby boomer with an intense interest in media and technology. On a Tuesday morning, four weeks after the dinner, Gates and Greg Maffei, Microsoft vice president for corporate development, went to Rattner's suite at the Woodmark Hotel, where, over corn muffins, they discussed the deal with Roberts. They settled the details that evening in Gates' office, though not before Gates got a lesson in the preferred securities Microsoft was buying as part of the deal. Says Roberts: "We don't need six months of negotiations with teams of contentious people...
Everyone knew junior Brian Ralph could play center field with anyone in the Ivy League. He used his speed and grace to make many a difficult catch look like a can of corn during his first two seasons with the Crimson...
...squeezed lemon, generously garnished with tarragon, thyme, salt, pepper and a touch of crushed garlic, roasted potatoes, Bass Ale; linguine with pesto; leafy Romaine lettuce, green, red, yellow peppers, carrots, tomatoes exploding with color and taste covered in a homemade balsamic vinaigrette; steak with inserted garlic cloves, New Jersey corn on the cob, fried and sauteed mushrooms and onions, baked potatoes--dinner for Chrissakes...
...fish a woody flavor less sweet than mesquite. "It's like picking out a wine," says Scott Fine, editor of On the Grill magazine. Nor is barbecuing limited to meat, fish and chicken anymore. Bobby Flay, restaurant owner and host of Lifetime's The Main Ingredient, likes to put corn bread on the grill, as well as pineapples and peaches. Daniel Liberatoscioli, president of the Restaurant School in Philadelphia, grills grapefruit slices brushed with honey and thyme. Still, if no one is looking, you can sneak...