Word: dixons
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...portabella mushrooms and goat cheese. Any self-respecting Southern restaurant would put mesclun greens on its menu only under the very threat of death. However, this is Cambridge, where Ralph Waldo Emerson proclaimed John Brown a saint for his raid on Harper's Ferry and where the Mason-Dixon feels about as far south as the equator. Around here, good Southern cooking is as hard to find as the old Stars and Bars. But who really cares, when the result of a fusion of Southern and yuppie cuisine can be as good as it is at Magnolias...
Part of the Bear's success last year was due to the superb goaltending of then-senior Greg Cattrano, who garnered NCAA keeper-of-the-year honors. His replacement between the pipes is the highly touted Strider Dixon, goalie for the U.S. under-19 team...
...Dixon is a terrific goalie who can dominate when he gets involved in the game," said sophomore Geoff Watson. "We need to jump on him early and shake his confidence...
Four years ago, Eric Clapton played a benefit concert in New York City. It was a special performance, a homage to blues legends, and the songs on his playlist were by the likes of Elmore James and Willie Dixon. This annoyed at least a few audience members, who were expecting Clapton to trot out his hits. "Play some rock 'n' roll!" one man shouted. A couple of other people in the crowd got their coats and left early. They missed a great show. Buoyed by the blues, Clapton played with impressive confidence and sounded sturdier than he had in years...
...this gallery, add two miscreants from films opening this month: The Gingerbread Man's Dixon Doss, a wily Georgia eccentric who is sort of Boo Radley grown old and gone wrong; and, more important, E.F. ("Sonny") Dewey. E.F. is the Texas preacher in The Apostle, a complex, cantankerous drama that Duvall wrote, directed, stars in and--after all the studios turned down the $5 million project--paid for. This renegade Pentecostalist has the spiel and showmanship to fill a tent or a temple; when E.F. talks, people listen. "I'm a genu-wine, Holy Ghost, Jesus-filled preachin' machine this...