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...weep. Len ate it as though it were the finest dish ever offered to him, licked his lips and said, "Lucy, that was so delicious I simply have to have another." She beamed with joy and triumph; it was an expression he made appear on many faces throughout his glorious life...
...recent dinner party, it certainly was the mixture that did it—a quintet of five glorious wines that brought me back to loving California, inebriation not required (or achieved). It’s the little things you appreciate about a place, and Northern California’s patent wine snobbery sends me into epicurean revelry. Don’t get me wrong: I love Cambridge. But let’s face it, the closest an average Harvard student gets to enjoying wine is guzzling a seven-dollar magnum of Yellowtail, which might as well be packaged...
...city center. But if there's a full moon, the Parthenon is the place to be. A frenzy of free events and entertainment has crowds clambering until 3 a.m. FOTIS A. KARAYANNOPOULOS, attorney Begin with a martini at the Hilton's panoramic Galaxy Bar, where you can watch a glorious Greek sunset. Move on to the Panathinaia open-air cinema to catch a vintage 1940s film and smell the jasmine flowers that adorn the cement wall. Then, take to the balcony of the Attikos restaurant for a great view and a scrumptious sofrito veal meal. Head for the trendy Gazi...
...judgment the most glorious page on my country's history." CHRIS PATTEN, last governor of Hong Kong, when asked during a visit to the territory why Britain did not do more to introduce democratic reforms in Hong Kong while it was a colony...
...realize being even slightly bright-eyed and bushy-tailed was foolish. My first day here, waking to the dawn, having a quick tea, sharpening pencils, readying my digital camera, powering up my laptop—doing all those things one must do in readiness for an archive filled with glorious, old, virginal glimpses from the past— I was in the groove for historical research.My excitement lasted until around 8:45 a.m., when some wrangling in Swahili with the archives’ receptionist yielded the necessity of a permit, which, of course, I did not possess. How long might...