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...meet proved stirring for the sole reason that Harvard won 11 events, but also anticlimactic because the Eagles were never closer than the nine points they lost to the Crimson as the harriers swept the 35-lb weight context the very first event of what wins to be the glorious day for a Harvard spend that had lost, 78 1/2-58 1/2, to Army just a week earlier...
THESE ARE the "savage people" to whose heritage May finally gives in. As she becomes more and more obsessed with getting the better of Quayle, May comes to eschew the profit motive for the visceral thrill of sheer, pure, glorious revenge. She studies him, even goes to a lecture. Appalled at the near-manic, hushed crowd anticipating his appearance on stage...
...tidy military operation-without unsettling TV coverage of combat as it happened. Reagan's second triumph was last week's quick trip to Japan and South Korea. There the facilities of the armed services were all enlisted to ensure that the press could cover Reagan in glorious color and in time for the nightly news. In Grenada, the press was denied its primary role as an independent witness to actuality. In Asia, public relations was the actuality. The press that traveled with Reagan felt like extras in a presidential spectacular but grudgingly admired how skillfully the Administration carried...
Ivens, who wrote the excellent Glorious Stew, whisks with authority through the steamy world of navarin, khoreshe, blanquette, ragout, jambalaya, estouffade, carbonado, col lops and pot-au-feu. She presents Italian, French and Viennese versions of Hungarian goulash, "five fragrances" stew from China, and two savory South American specialties: puchero criolla, a Latin version of New England boiled dinner, and carbonada criolla, beef stew served in a pumpkin. One notable entry is a veal stew from Jerez, Spain's sherry capital, redolent of fino; a dish from Italy is called maiale affogato, meaning drowned pork, in white wine...
Specialties that deserve an honorable place on the American table include kulebyaka, the glorious salmon pie described by Chekhov as "shameless in its nakedness, a temptation to sin"; pirozhki, the more plebeian meat or vegetable pies; kidney and dill pickle soup; Azerbaidzhan lamb patties; veal stew with cherries; Ukrainian honey cake; smetannik, a rich pie of sour cream, jam and nuts; and the celebrated Guriev kasha, a thickened compote of brandied fruits. To round out a Russian banquet, Goldstein provides instructions for a dozen deliciously flavored vodkas, and with them a toast to the meal: Eshte, eshte na zdorovye...