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...York Times," writes Roth. "He worshiped that paper and loved to spend the morning reading it through, but now, instead of buying his own, he waited all day long to have a copy passed on to him by somebody in his building who had been feckless enough to fork over the 35 cents...
...resurgence of regional wines has been spectacular. In New York acreage planted with vinifera grapes -- meaning the classical European varietals -- has vaulted from 349 to 2,135 since 1980. Much of that growth has taken place in virgin territory, the North Fork of Long Island, which is blessed with late frosts and mild winters. Chardonnays and Merlots from such vineyards as Hargrave, Palmer and Bedell Cellars have stunned French vintners with their style and breeding. So have Pinot Noirs from Adelsheim, Eyrie and Knudsen- Erath of Oregon -- to the point that one major Burgundy producer, Maison Joseph Drouhin, has begun...
...fork clatters to the floor when Ernst Untzinger clumsily tries to touch the hand of the overly handsome waiter Luke, a graduate student who may be having affairs with both Ernst and Ernst's wife. Luke hires himself out for parties so that he can supply guest lists to a ring of thieves who prefer to pull off their heists when no one is home. Hilda Damien, the self-made millionaire whose healthy glow gives her the look of "a mild sunset," is unavoidably detained and never shows up for dessert. About the time the creme brulee is served, Hilda...
...produce proof of a traffic-engineering survey justifying the use of radar on a busy stretch of road. He also says police have handed out about 100 tickets a day amounting to $20 million in fines over 10 years, and his class-action suit calls for the city to fork over $60 million in triple damages...
...small example: measles. This disease, which was virtually wiped out in the U.S. in the early 1980s, is killing children again, in part because the Government vaccination program has run out of money. In the richest nation in the world, children are dying from measles because society won't fork out enough for shots! We're talking a few million dollars...