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...pronounced like a “v”? Is it a silent “a”? Anyway, the junior tailback quietly gained over 1,000 yards on the ground for Cornell last season. He’ll be the closest thing Dawson has to a foil in his quest for another rushing title. The improved Big Red knocked off the Bison, which won a single game in 2005, by a 24-7 count in Ithaca last year and should stampede yet again to move to 1-0. Prediction: Cornell 30, Bucknell 14 DARTMOUTH AT COLGATE...
...either as feted (or as fetid) as they believe mainstream journalists to be. And as seriously as they seemed to take the conference, they don't take themselves as seriously as mainstream journalists do, either. On the conference's last day, someone brought an industrial roll of aluminum foil and dozens of attendees spent the afternoon walking around in elaborate tin-foil hats. If Judy Miller of the New York Times had thought to pack along a similar prop when she was embedded in Iraq - or practiced a similar sort of skepticism about her sources and her reporterly ego - perhaps...
...raid on the office of Congressman William Jefferson, a Democrat from New Orleans, turned Washington upside down last week. The FBI, which has long been investigating allegations that Jefferson accepted money in exchange for helping businessmen secure deals in Africa, says it had already found $90,000 wrapped in foil in the freezer of Jefferson's apartment and had a videotape of him allegedly accepting $100,000 in bribe money. But when federal agents, who had been trying to get documents from Jefferson for nine months, obtained a warrant and searched his Capitol Hill office, they found an unlikely adversary...
...minute. 4. Roast the tomatoes, tomatillos and peeled onion and garlic in a heavy, open skillet on high. Do not use oil. (If you have a roasting rack that can be placed over a gas range, that will work well. You can also put the vegetables on a foil-lined tray in the oven with the temperature on broil. Keep a close eye, though; tomatoes roast faster than the other items and will likely need to be removed first.) Once the skins wrinkle and the edges are slightly burned, remove. Peel the tomatoes. 5. Place the spices, tomatoes...
...courageously dons Carton’s wig. But unlike the surly Carton of the book, Shafrin’s character—with thick Harry Potter glasses and too-high pants tucked into argyle socks—was cowering and nerdy, a perfect and hilarious foil to Martin’s commanding presence. Speaking in a finely honed French accent and moving with a deliberate energy, Burkle—whose character also functioned as the narrator—set the tone for the play, holding it together with his just-barely-exaggerated mannerisms and speech. His dialogue was some...