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...what of Del Posto's food? (Oh, yes, that.) I never thought I would say this, but I can't get enough of the duck testicles (an ingredient in the Pici with Cibreo and Black Truffles, a pasta dish). I'm not a professional restaurant critic-just a good eater-but I was surprised that at the same time Batali and the Bastianichs were being sued, they were earning some less-than-enthusiastic reviews. Critics from Time Out New York and New York magazine visited in the opening weeks-a rough time for any kitchen (where do we keep...
...because of his paper's stature, New York Times critic Frank Bruni is the one who can really make or break a place like Del Posto. And last week Bruni awarded the restaurant three stars out of a possible four. Batali and the Bastianichs had been trying for four, but they were magnanimous about the three. "I think the food here is delicious," Batali said at Del Posto the day after the review appeared. "I think it's thoughtful. I think it's original. It's not blown-away remarkable on every bite right...
...Other pundits centered their explanations on Summers’ management style. Long-time Summers critic Richard Bradley, author of “Harvard Rules,” wrote that Summers’ “Washington-style politics” sealed his fate. Financial Times columnist Lucy Kellaway painted a memorable picture of the management landscape of a successful, large university like Harvard. “Universities,” she wrote, “function adequately enough when everyone is left to their own devices. Incompetent management seems not to matter, the ship goes on sailing. The trouble comes...
...first thing a film critic (this one, anyway) should say of V for Vendetta is that it's a terrific movie. I love the look and the verve of the thing, the confidence of its epic design, its smart use of half a dozen noted British thesps, lending weight and wit to the supporting roles. Hugo Weaving gives the finest no-face performance since Eric Stoltz in Mask, and Natalie Portman, always an eye magnet, does her sharpest film work yet. In her sobbing scenes, when her will must be broken, then forged anew, she comes darn close to acting...
...planting the trees of the future, we do not deserve to stand in the shade of the trees of the past.” Witt oversaw the elevation of FEMA to a Cabinet-level agency under former President Clinton. He lambasted the Bush administration for gutting the agency and criticized the rise of political appointments at agencies such as FEMA. “Our country has never seen a response that failed so bad,” Witt said of the government’s reaction to Hurricane Katrina. “Thirteen hundred people did not have to lose...