Word: hamming
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...valleys and down winding country roads, tailoring the pace and distance to suit the clients. For lunch he either takes walkers to restaurants that serve locally sourced cuisine, or he chooses a scenic spot, opens his backpack and serves a hearty meal that he makes from scratch: "We had ham, melon, grilled peppers, cheese and tea prepared from herbs picked along the way," says Geneva-based writer Paul Sochaczewski. He and a friend went with Zuppiroli on a seven-hour hike to La Tournette, a 2,300-m peak above Annecy, admired "views to die for," and saw meadows...
...Bush?and Hu?manage to mollify those in Congress spoiling for a fight, then the risk of a trade war breaking out will ease. And eventually, free-market mechanisms?not ham-handed political intervention?may resolve the current bilateral trade tension. Jun Ma, chief China economist at Deutsche Bank, believes China is now in the midst of a historic economic shift. Investment spending is decelerating and consumption is picking up, although the shift is likely to take years to unfold. That, in turn, could bring China's trade surpluses down, as new opportunities open up for foreign companies that make...
DIED. ROBERT BAKER, 84, food scientist credited with inventing the chicken nugget; in North Lansing, N.Y. He revolutionized the poultry industry by developing ways of separating and binding together chicken meat, then making it stick to its breading--innovations that spawned such snacks as dinosaur-shaped nuggets and chicken ham...
...lunch he either takes walkers to restaurants that serve locally sourced cuisine, or he chooses a scenic spot, opens his backpack and serves a hearty meal that he makes from scratch: "We had ham, melon, grilled peppers, cheese and tea prepared from herbs picked along the way," says Geneva-based writer Paul Sochaczewski. He and a friend went with Zuppiroli on a seven-hour hike to La Tournette, a 2,300-m peak above Annecy, admired "views to die for," and saw meadows of Alpine flora and a herd of wild goats along the way. What a rocky-mountain high...
...Mozart’s birth, Levin truly steals the show in the performance, showcasing his extraordinary gift for making the music of Mozart come alive, especially after the spellbinding cadenza at the end of the first movement. In addition to making piano concertos look effortless, Levin never failed to ham it up whenever on stage. As an exceptionally captivating performer, he was constantly animated, ensuring that his audience was always entertained. When he was not playing, he casually put his elbow up on the piano and turned his entire body around to face the winds, watching them intently and keeping...