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That was 1971. Last month Cloud, 53, now Washington bureau chief, returned to Cambodia for the first time in 18 years. He sought out old friends and sources, including the jovial, rotund chef who used to serve a legendary souffle Grand Marnier in Phnom Penh's Cafe de Paris. Today the Cambodian capital's French restaurants are gone, but the chef survived the brutal Khmer Rouge years and has opened a far more modest Cambodian eatery where he still whips up a souffle. Says Cloud: "While it's only a pale imitation of the one he used to make...
Cortney the Clown said, "I used to talk to Death every morning. When I was showering or brushing my teeth, Death was in the bathroom with me. He was always quite a jovial, carefree, and obnoxious fellow. Cliqued his heels and ate lots of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. He also liked tickling me, and watching me laugh unitl I cried...
...chairman of the Alabama Democratic Party from 1966 to 1977, the jovial, imposing (6 ft. 3 in.) Vance was the epitome of the moderate Southerner intent on expanding the rights of blacks. Vance successfully integrated the party, in the process helping to remove from its seal the white rooster that had long served as a symbol of white supremacy. In 1968 he led the first racially mixed state delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. As a lawyer, Vance shocked the tight-knit legal community by breaking a gentlemen's agreement to keep blacks off juries in Birmingham. President...
MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE (NBC, Nov. 23, 9 a.m. EST). Might as well face it -- she's here to stay. Today show usurper Deborah Norville joins terminally jovial weatherman Willard Scott to narrate this year's float extravaganza...
...Iliescu said he was also very friendly, calling him "a jovial host." "When we had receptions at his house he was very warm and open, so everyone felt at ease...