Word: julep
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...South says little about the real people who live there, but speaks volumes about what other Americans, like me, expect to find. In the back of my mind I looked for Scarlett when I crossed the Tennessee line. (In a Vicksburg restaurant, my father insisted on trying a mint julep.) We tourists sought out the scores of mansions with porches and green lawns because that's where we thought we'd find the "real" South--and the historical societies, with their steep admissions charges and gift shops, weren't about to disappoint...
...hold that mint julep, Rhett: the flag in question is done in red, black and green--the colors of African liberation. In the heart of the city where the first shots of the Civil War rang out, Sherman Evans and Angel Quintero, both 34, both black, have fired a volley of their own. At NuSouth, their 10-month-old boutique, all the gear features that red, black and green flag logo, a symbol, they say, of racial solidarity. "It's about unification, not polarization," says Quintero, noting that most of his customers are white. The line has caught the attention...
Assuring members of the class of 1995 that they were "the cream in our coffee, the mint in our julep and the soup of our jour," Rudenstine reminisced about shared experiences during the hour-long service for the graduating seniors...
...BOTTOM LINE: A slow, sly mint julep of a novel...