Word: flatnesses
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...entirely clear how Bush intends to change the tax code, as he did not talk about this extensively on the campaign trail. According to his advisers, he will appoint a bipartisan commission by the end of the year to explore ideas such as a single-rate flat tax and a national sales tax. It is worrisome that one of the first issues that Bush has began talking about after winning the election is one to which he gave so little attention during his campaign...
...vintage clothing, eyebrow arched, drinking our coffee black? Hadn’t we founded a half-assed arts collective in our common room? Didn’t we know kind of a lot of punk songs? Couldn’t we quote Sylvia Plath to each other in flat voices—“Every woman adores a Fascist/ The boot in the face, the brute/ Brute heart of a brute like you”? Didn’t we construe practically everything ironically? Weren’t we post-angst, post-emotion...
...camera stumbles upon a door, it bursts open, the hand of the dying woman drops, a guttural boom blasts from the sub, and that four-dollar bucket of flat Diet Coke resting patiently at your side becomes fizzy and fresh on your lap as you jump—hard. It’s these moments—when some random horrific element comes from nowhere—that make the first act of The Grudge, Hollywood’s latest attempt at remaking a foreign blockbuster, extremely enjoyable. Yet tension gives way to torpor as the first act crawls...
...probably won’t be. Massive three-foot-long platters arrive, filled with daunting heaps of steaming meat and vegetables. The stew-like dishes, called wots, are all mounded atop injera, the traditional flat bread of East African cuisine. More folded-up pieces of injera are nestled alongside the entrees. It’s an astonishing amount of food, and all you can do is wipe off your fingers, say a prayer that your stomach will hold...
While the main dishes are satisfactorily pungent and filling, it’s the injera that’s most memorable. The flat bread is best described as an overgrown porous tortilla with a bit of a bounce, and it’s primarily responsible for the loosening of your belt by the end of the evening. Made with t’eff, a protein- and calcium-heavy grain, the injera serves as both eating utensil and serving dish. Suffice to say there’s a lot of it, and even if you’re full to bursting...