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...precise for us to have invented," he says. Motioning toward some of the 90 different cheeses and 95 pasta shapes he sells, Tamburini says he frowns on too much cross-pollination of regional and national cuisines and insists on sticking close to the basic traditions. Bologna, to the disdain of some top restaurant critics, has been very wary about welcoming nouvelle cuisine, but Tamburini is unrepentant. "Abandoning traditional dishes is like trying to wash away the memory of poverty," he says. "Experiments are okay, but [a chef] must have great, great culture to know how to introduce new variations...
...reputation, ain't even got no education," sings Houston. "God is the reason my soul is free, and I don't need you looking at me." Few of Houston's lyrics are so specifically barbed, but she has a rare gift for imbuing even the blandest cliche with disdain. Houston is still one of the dozen best singers in the world, and her defiance would be worth slogging through if she'd just ululate a little. But with the exception of On My Own, an elegant twist on Diana Ross's It's My Turn, those magical BOOM! "and ayiiiii...
...says. "They even gave me keys to their flats. It was strange. Norwegians are more distant." Now an associate professor of migration and ethnic relations at Sweden's Malmö University, Roald has seen attitudes toward her faith shift from indifference to begrudging tolerance mixed with mostly quiet disdain. "Scandinavians want to be inclusive, but it's difficult," she says, especially after Sept. 11. Thanks in part to Osama bin Laden, Roald and other Muslims unfairly bear what she calls "guilt by association." She often feels the judgment of others the instant they see her headscarf. "When I became...
...differences between Rove and Bush, their similarities bound them from the start. They bonded over their shared disdain for the snobbery of East Coast elites and the culture of permissiveness of the 1960s. They both share a faith in their own instincts: Bush boasts about trusting his gut and the clear simple wisdom of the West Texas oil patch. Rove, the college dropout turned academic, cultivates an intellectual version of the same, considering himself a Natural--a self-taught big brain who devours histories and political tomes and applies what he learns to the art of winning races...
...some students disdain the use of Harvard as an apparatus from which to launch a political career...