Word: feast
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Valentine's Day is a major event at Averof. A special menu, called "Lover's Feast" or "Aphrodisiac," is created for the occasion. The multi-course meal includes a salad labeled "Lovers Only...
...better yet, don't waste your time reading--just look: The covers of romance novels are a feast for the eyes of the lovelorn. And they probably summarize the most exciting paragraphs of the book, anyway...
...time-honored superstitions. Italian peasants, Talese notes, are profoundly (and no doubt justifiably) pessimistic; at times of trouble, the people of Maida would turn for succor to a favorite saint, Francis of Paola, whose decorated statue was paraded through the village on the shoulders of its men on great feast days. It is not surprising that some of Maida's sons were tempted by the riches and freedom that exile offered, leaving behind their wives as Italy's so-called white widows...
...bright sun of a northern winter can still turn the palaces and churches of Peter the Great's city into a feast of visual elegance. But beneath the sparkling exterior, the mood of the city's 5 million inhabitants is as frigid as the ice piled up in the Neva River. Slowly, less dramatically than during the 900-day siege by the German Wehrmacht in World War II, St. Petersburg is experiencing real hunger...
...Chicago. Cost-conscious corporations, which want to reduce the number of full-time employees, often replace them with free-lancers, consultants and other outside contractors to perform such services as payroll and maintenance. Large companies also tend to abandon markets that may be unprofitable for them but a feast for small firms...