Word: elements
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...This gourmet locale across the street from American Apparel sells what store manager David Kim calls “a weird mixture of foods,” including exotic teas and gluten-free treats at prices comparable to Broadway Market. But Market in the Square brings a much-needed element to Harvard: a 24-hour deli. Its pristine buffet ($7.49/lb) offers an impressive spread of cold salads, sushi, and hot dishes, and its made-to-order sandwiches ($6.75) include tasty combos like prosciutto and mozzarella. “I think this place is pretty sweet,” says...
...what's called a "master status." So regardless of what he does, if there's any black blood in his heritage, he's considered black. It's what I referred to in The Color Complex, my first book, as the "one-drop theory." You only need one minor element of black blood to be defined as black...
...here's a different take, from his close colleague: "He's ambitious, competitive, there's an element of selfishness, all the things which are important if you're going to be Prime Minister. Ruthless. He's got all of those." He adds: "David is a natural No. 1. I would pity the person who had taken the Tory leadership and had to cope with David as their deputy...
...more striking when, practically midsentence, her tone and temperature totally change. We have seen Cindy McCain much more than we've heard her until now, and she has always benefited from the element of surprise. It's when she discusses her travels and work overseas that she sounds 20 years younger, eager and unscripted?a hint that, as First Lady, she would use the spotlight to advance her cause. Until very recently, she could just head off and do her thing, have a life far away from Washington intrigue: no cameras, no questions, with missions to Nicaragua, Kuwait, Vietnam, Afghanistan...
...practice. There Manny took up the carpenter's trade. (When he visited us at Film Comment in the 70s, our office was in the American Bible Building; he remarked that he had worked on the building's construction.) Carpentry may have influenced his later collages and their element of compartmentalizing in squares. It also supplemented Manny's work as a critic - though, he professed to Ollman, he never acquired practical expertise: "I can't fix anything...