Word: eurekas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...full stomach began to growl embarrassingly when I saw the rice-stuffed grape leaves, quiche, tabouli and curried chicken salad--Eureka!--gourmet food (at least compared to those cardboard, so-called Harvest Burgers we eat in the dining halls). I encountered cheese heaven, full of cheeses with names that sounded like people (Sao Miguel) and places (Double Gloucester). Even the names I couldn't pronounce, like Krinos Kefalograviera, sounded better than cottage cheese. My eyes widened when I saw the sandwich bar and the make-your-own salad bar. Oh, freshly squeezed juices and fresh fruits: Asian pears! Starfruit! Organic...
Weekend flooding from a series of Pacific storms forced several hundred people from their homes in northern California. Three rivers north of San Francisco are expected to overflow again later this week. Evacuations were underway from San Francisco Bay to Eureka, 225 miles to the north. Flooding was worst this morning in the wine region: Napa County's Napa River crested at 26.5 feet this morning, while neighboring Sonoma County's Russian River hit 45 feet at one point; flood stage is 32 feet. The storms have also saturated southern California, causing more than $20 million in damage last week...
...Peter and the Wolf panned in Eureka, CA, as unfair to animals
...operatic mother lode. Within the past year, the Metropolitan Opera has staged two successful world premieres by Americans, John Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles and Philip Glass's The Voyage. This month, through Nov. 24, Lyric Opera of Chicago is striking pay dirt with William Bolcom's McTeague. Eureka...
Costner, who testifies at public hearings on the hazards of waste incinerators, became a target herself last year. She returned home one night and discovered that her home and office near Eureka Springs, Ark., had burned to the ground. Lost in the fire were valuable reference materials and reports. At first police ignored her request for an investigation; they got moving after arson detectives hired by Greenpeace found an empty fuel can in her burned-out living room. But no one has been charged in the case...