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...physiologist husband David. "We just had to do it," he says with a smile. So did Professor of Italian Aldo Scaglione, who left the University of North Carolina for a chair at New York University, the chance to shape an Italian studies center and -- a dollop of icing he requested -- an elegant apartment on Washington Square...
These methods would probably not have been used so extensively and successfully were it not for the dollop of capitalism that the Chinese have added to their 38-year-old Communist society. The state continues to own the land, but the large old communes are essentially gone and individual peasant families are now responsible for looking after plots. Although broad policies remain centralized, says Wittwer, "the peasant contracts to deliver ((to the state)) a certain amount of an agricultural commodity that he produces at a fair price. In return, he is free to produce -- by himself or with a group...
...Blood Simple was just a five-finger exercise with a knife spiked through the hand. To their old fascination with Sunbelt pathology, to their side-winding Steadicam and pristine command of screen space, the Coens have added a robust humor, a plot that keeps outwitting expectations and a surprising dollop of sympathy for their forlorn kidnapers...
...first Bao Wow in Beverly Hills was a dog with the dinner trade and closed after a year; the second, in Encino, is a noon and nighttime hit, prompting dreams of a nationwide chain. The Hard Rock Cafe, which offers young Manhattanites an eclectic menu topped with a hefty dollop of rock-'n'-roll memorabilia that includes Elvis Presley's boots, is already spreading. Co-Owner Dan Aykroyd last week presided over groundbreaking for a Dallas outpost...
...persuade students that membership in them is dishonorable. Given the modest role of the Clubs in the life of the College, they seem a curious target for such sustained reformist zeal. It is hard to resist the suspicion that a pinch of self-righteousness and a dollop of envy are amongst the campaigners' motivations...