Word: hyde
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Lauren's double life. Her work after hours takes her into the nighttime dens of London's healthy Arabs and the hotel rooms of travelling businessmen, some of whom are merely looking for companionship others for an erotic toy. Theroux details her daily outline, a seven mile run around Hyde Park in the morning, seminars and papers at the institute, and Karim or Salim at night, while the reader can't help but wonder when this girl is going to get some sleep...
...North), salmon, mussels and oysters. In addition, fish has attained gourmet status as Americans traveling abroad try it in sophisticated preparations. American chefs are challenged to develop their own savory creations. So great is the demand for skill in fish preparation that the Culinary Institute of America, in Hyde Park, N.Y., the country's most prestigious professional cooking school, has set up a special fish kitchen. Says Specialist Rolland Henin: "Until a few years ago, I would bring in raw scallops and the students would say, 'Yuck.' Now I cut a scallop in half, and they can't wait...
...only other precelebration flap involved Nancy Reagan's wardrobe. In an interview two weeks ago the First Lady had dismissed as "ridiculous" a rumor that her new Inaugural dresses and accessories would cost as much as $25,000. Checking out that flat disclaimer, Washington Post Fashion Writer Nina Hyde discovered it was true in an unexpected sense: if purchased at retail, the Inaugural wardrobe would cost about $46,000. Hyde carefully pointed out that the First Lady's favorite designers are often just too happy for Nancy to showcase their creations and thus sell to her at a discount...
...heavy (7,500 lbs.) to be transported by helicopter as easily as the Jeep. According to one study, "It achieved an average of only 367 mean miles between mission failures, vs. a requirement of 1,300." Translation: it breaks down too often. Company President Lawrence Hyde argues, "Everything cited by critics has been corrected and proved O.K. in current tests." But meanwhile the HMMWV acquired a bad name, which makes its nickname all the more important. Says Army Spokes man Colonel Craig McNab: "Chances are that troopers will come up with their own name anyway. And the troops always prove...
Their correspondence is elaborately courtly, full of solicitude. Churchill gallantly pretends to be deferential on matters of strategy: "We wholeheartedly agree with your conception . . . We cordially accept your plan ..." Roosevelt urges relaxation: "Once a month I go to Hyde Park for four days, crawl into a hole and pull the hole in after me ... I wish you would try it ... Lay a few bricks or paint another picture...