Word: flavorfully
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Salted throughout the narrative are the reminiscences of decision makers and ordinary people suddenly caught up in history. What makes these "witnesses" so powerful is the personal flavor they impart to well-known events. Former Secretary of State Dean Rusk tells how, as an Army colonel in Washington in 1945, he faced the problem of dividing responsibility between Soviet and American troops in liberating Japanese-occupied Korea. Looking at a map, he saw no natural geographical boundaries, so he simply chose the 38th parallel. Richard Nixon remembers how Dwight Eisenhower never publicly criticized John Kennedy for the disastrous...
...charms the eye with color, Robuchon lights up the palate with seasonings. His best dish, canette rosee (roasted and then braised duckling) is spiced with a Chinese-style dip of salt, star anise, cinnamon, ginger, coriander and nutmeg. Other revelations in flavor contrasts were the diced kidneys and sweetbreads sauteed with earthy mushrooms and the high-styled version of tete de cochon (pig's head), here with the meat boned, diced and pungent with parsley, shallots, ginger, coriander and lemon. The accompanying mashed potatoes have inspired critics to wax eloquent...
...Loeb Ex production downplays some Brechtian flavor. An example is the way the players place more emphasis on dialogue between each other and less on their narrations and asides to the audience. These little connections with the crowd reveal the players are basically human beings that are acting rather than characters being played by human beings. All of this may be a welcome relief since some of his android and too-close-to-the-audience characters can often be irritating. Nevertheless, the story line in the Ex production still delves into the same dark proletarian themes that are depressing...
...could go on listing antecdotes, most of which are amusing only to me and those involved in the stories, but instead I'll just tell a few that might have a flavor of your year to come...
...then visit the Bow and Arrow (Bow St. next to Baskin Robbins). On Wednesday nights, you'll find most of the Harvard undergraduate population here, and you can you drink for hours on a minimum amount of cash. Other nights, the Bow adopts a more local flavor, and the crowd turns mostly to rooting for the Celtics...