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...takes more of a drawl than you still have in you by the time you go home again--or if it takes more self-assertion that you would comfortably muster when you return to Harvard from a Southern visit--you lay it on (or dish it out). The cost to personal identity is surprisingly small...
There are two revolving dishes. The fish in green sauce is various morsels of halibut, sarimp and scallops swimming in a delicate sauce of wine and cream, and given an Irish hue with parsley. It was so liquid I asked for a spoon to eat with. The dish is slight, but unusual and pleasing. They have stopped serving the chicken cooked in chocolate, but if it returns it will make you reconsider the uses of chocolate...
...dear," He put the pastry gingerly back on its dish. "Merde," I heard him say, as he put his hands in his pockets and disappeared into the shadows...
...murder. Cassius even predicts that this "lofty scene" will be re-enacted countless times by posterity. This killing is viewed as almost a religious act, and Kahn has taken his cue from Brutus's words: "Let's be sacrificers, but not butchers...Let's carve him as a dish fit for the gods. Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds...
There are still shortages in the state-run stores, but they are not as serious as before. Two years ago, one had to search the city for a toilet seat, a curtain rod or a soap dish. Today they are abundant and cheap. In a neighborhood store called "A Thousand Things," there are now a number of items that were not on sale even in late 1970: portable hair dryers, electric shavers and cans of spray paint. At GUM, the famous department store on Red Square, the selection of clothing has expanded, though the prices remain high. The store even...