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...comedy tradition, there is one special widower living in New Ulm. Handsome and hirsute Ted (Harry Connick Jr.) is the local union representative, part-time fireman and possessor of a pickup truck with a snowplow mounted up-front. Playgirl would present him nestled on a bearskin rug, Budweiser in hand. Since Ted represents the worker and the frozen small-town tundra, and Lucy represents the Man and despicable urban living - seriously, did Governor Sarah Palin have a hand in this script? - it's preordained that they will despise each other. For a few scenes, anyway. If only they'd introduce...
...minutes of music for at least twelve hours, while the technical aspects of the program-from the logistics of rolling the stage on and off the field to the roles of the hundreds of extras to the places of the pyrotechnics-were practiced even more without the band on hand. Even Jordin Sparks' rendition of the National Anthem-two minutes and nine seconds long-was practiced again and again...
...home on their platter without alienating any of the judges, in this case by including some South African curry and passion fruit in their marinated cod. The Dutch topped one of their exquisite garnishes with pastry windmills. First-timers Uruguay served their oxtails in hand-painted ceramic pots from home. The British team's national touch came in the name they assigned their beef filet: Henry V. "It's a bit of fun," says team coach Roger Hulstone. "[England] beating the French at Agincourt, and all that." Adds chef Simon Hulstone, Roger's son, as he rolls a piece...
...Road, by Cormac McCarthy For me, it's a poem about the unimaginable love a man can feel for his son and a tale about American isolationism and the need to risk and extend one's hand in friendship. On top of all that, it's the greatest zombie story ever written, which is probably why it's being made into a movie with the brilliant "no ego" Viggo Mortensen...
...health workers also carry the responsibility of inspecting hygiene in schools and businesses such as bakeries, hair salons and grocery stores. "In high schools, we even have our younger trainees from Tehran hand out condoms to the boys," says Bozorgnejad...