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Parsley, or perejil, is considered so easy to come by and so indispensable in Spanish kitchens that it is given away. When you buy your fruit and vegetables at the local market a puñado or fist of parsley is usually flourished wordlessly into the shopping bag without your asking. When I first started living here and offered to pay for it, a stallholder admonished, "We don't make a fuss over perejil." Last week, however, the Spanish got both fussy and fisty over a place that got its name from the plant, a tiny island called Perejil...
...Enron, WorldCom's 401(k) plan was full of company stock, socking employees with greatly diminished savings just when they are likely to need them the most. Says John Alexander, 31, a former WorldCom benefits manager: "Everything they ever told us was, 'We're making money hand over fist.'" Alexander lost $180,000, a large chunk of his life's savings...
...country's landscape: a sentient, powerful, secretive creature that knows how to walk backward, stepping in its own tracks when it is aware it is being followed. A creature that descends into the earth to sleep for six months of the year, where the mother gives birth to two fist-size babies, even in the midst of her sleep beneath the snow, in January, with the embryos having delayed their implantation for months, waiting to see if there will be enough resources to support them. Are there enough resources to support them? The last unprotected roadless lands in the national...
...sweaty, gray shirt, unself-conscious after years of on-set wardrobe changes. His assistant hands him a fresh shirt?navy blue printed with a herd of fierce, red, glaring bulls. "Ever had horse meat?" he asks as the waitress delivers a plate of blood red sashimi. He clenches a fist and then grips his tensed forearm, adopting the tone of an older, more experienced brother. "It makes you strong...
...cabal responsible for ruling the University, operates entirely without student input. The Administrative Board judges students’ disciplinary matters and metes out punishments with no opportunity for legal review and no regard for due process. The Freshman Dean’s Office rules the Yard with an iron fist. No students served on the committee that appointed Lawrence H. Summers the 27th president of Harvard...