Word: golden
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...Franziska is the Charlie who won a golden ticket to the Chocolate Factory, Adrià is Willy Wonka. For all his influence and renown, the chef still clearly delights in his work, and his enthusiasm for the joy that food can bring is contagious. "This is the most beautiful thing I've done," he says about hosting the Documenta visitors. "You have to see their faces to understand it. It's not just something conceptual - they live in their flesh. It's a magical experience." Although Adrià is quick to point out that other media, such as photography, encountered...
...majority on the current Supreme Court. In its big ruling on school desegregation last month, Parents Involved v. Seattle, the Justices forbade school districts to use race to assign students to schools--even for the purpose of desegregation. Chief Justice John Roberts quoted many of the Court's golden oldies on this point, like this from a 2000 case: "It demeans the dignity and worth of a person to be judged by ancestry instead of by his or her own merit and essential qualities...
According to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle, former Crimson center Brian Cusworth has been added to the Golden State Warriors’ summer league squad...
...Golden State coach Don Nelson is known to favor athletic big men who can run the floor and draw defenders away from the basket with shooting range—Cusworth, with surprising agility for his size, appears to fit the mold...
Back home in Paris a week later, Kouchner paces restlessly around his Quai d'Orsay office - "this golden cage," as he calls it - on the Left Bank, with its crystal chandeliers and priceless tapestries. He circles his desk, bemoaning economic injustices, political paralysis and U.S. missteps in Iraq, and outlining his goals to Time. These include a peaceful transition to independence in Kosovo, multiparty talks in Lebanon, an "honest broker" role for France between the U.S. and Iran, and some relief for Africa's refugees. At the time, he was also preparing for his first big initiative as Foreign Minister...