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...Rube Goldberg device to flip pancakes—this was Caltech, after all. But instead, my friend and I got up early to make breakfast the old-fashioned way. There was no fusion-powered dishwasher or chromium frying pan—just the two of us, some elbow grease, and some bacon grease...
...sliders, 90-m.p.h. fastballs and career-best 51 saves for the Chicago Cubs in 1998. But the blue-collar "Shooter" will also take his place in history for his 2003 stint with the Cubs' Triple-A Iowa team. Though depressed and struggling to get back to the majors after elbow surgery, the colorful closer lived in his RV outside the team's Des Moines stadium, regularly opening his home to players and fans for post-game parties. Beck, 38, got back to the majors and played until 2004. He said his poorly paid Triple-A teammates had given...
...Elbow Room I was bemused to see Gordon Brown pictured in a "rush-hour" tube in London [June 4]. The day a rush-hour tube is that empty is the day Brown will stop taxing anything that moves. Warren Whyte, BUCKINGHAM, ENGLAND...
...almost as many clams. However, just because the ingredients are canned doesn't mean the food isn't wonderfully creative and fresh. Brother-and-sister team Joana and Joaquim (Quim) Perez Sanz are the fifth generation to man the bar since it was founded in 1914. Elbow your way to a space at the narrow standing-room-only counter, then prepare for a preserved feast in miniature: maybe a roll topped with artisanal canned mussels and the sweetest diced tomatoes with a dollop of caviar, or rillettes of goose confit with caramelized onions and truffle oil, followed by house-marinated...
...question must be asked: Where was the tambourine? Many of the most impressive parts of this variation typically come when the dancer alternates playing a tambourine with her hand, elbow, and pointe shoe, rapidly. Moore’s dancing, though technically impressive, seemed incomplete without this key prop...