Word: kitchener
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Burr went over the edge on a bitterly cold Monday morning last week. Before setting out in his aging pickup, the strapping 6-ft. 2-in. Burr strode into the kitchen of his farmhouse and shot his wife Emily dead; friends said he evidently could not bear her having to live with what he was about to do. He then drove six miles to Hills (pop. 550), Iowa, and entered the Hills Bank & Trust Co., where he owed more than $400,000. After a teller refused to cash a $500 check because his account was overdrawn, Burr fetched a loaded...
...back halls of the Capitol, Gramm-Rudman brought hoots of derision from staffers. "Today we begin Government by Veg-O-Matic," declared Chris Matthews, a top aide to House Speaker Tip O'Neill, sardonically referring to the kitchen device once hawked on late-night TV ("It slices! It dices! It really, really works!"). On the floor, some prominent legislators were scornful. Gramm-Rudman, huffed Wisconsin Democrat Les Aspin, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, "is just about the dumbest piece of legislation I have seen in my 15 years on Capitol Hill." O'Neill himself warned, "Wait until...
...They spent their money on art, food and wine. They found dinner parties, with the right mix of wits, a favorite form of entertainment. Michael loved "doing the wines," as he called it, and Elizabeth adored "orchestrating as much as possible beforehand, so that I could zip into the kitchen at the last minute without missing much of the conversation...
...like most of those new to adulthood, they stumbled in the beginning over distilled spirits. Out would come the whisky, the bons mots would fly, and the dinner hour would retreat. This bibulous behavior ceased one night after Michael heard a crash in the kitchen at 10:30 -- dinner yet to be served -- and found Elizabeth on her knees trying to salvage the salad. Soberly then, they matured together, washing dishes after their parties, discussing their evenings...
...first two years about killed us," the chef recalls. Understaffed, they had to stay up all night cooking. Once the electricity went off, and Elizabeth had to "cook by ear" on her six burners. Twice, after she had cooked 70 or 80 dinners, Michael stuck his head into the kitchen and announced "25 more," and Elizabeth broke down and cried. It is not like that anymore...