Word: lamb
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After a 25-minute horseback ride around his moated ranch outside the capital, Figueiredo held a barbecue at which both the food (beef, veal, sausage and lamb) and recorded American music (Willie Nelson) were hearty, even macho. At Wednesday night's banquet, the clos est the trip came to conventional pomp, Reagan stood to offer an elaborately friendly tribute-and a faux pas at the end. "Now," he said, wineglass raised, "would you join me in a toast to President Figueiredo, to the people of Bolivia-no, that's where I'm going-to the people...
...Tradition runs naturally to veal. Most notable are a classic Sicilian stuffed breast and a roast, vitello tartufato, with truffle sauce, and damn the expense. Holiday favorites include Christmas turkey, which the Italians devoured long before the Pilgrims, and is served here with hot fruits; and milk-fed baby lamb, traditionally tendered at Easter, accompanied by egg and lemon sauce. A savory pork roast in pizza dough was invented by Bettoja's husband Angelo, who also prescribed the wines throughout. There are surprisingly few game dishes, but Angelo did contribute a rustic pheasant pate. Desserts include a chocolate...
...banal red light plays over them; in the middle is a table, perhaps a sacrificial altar, and the whole cave is strewn with what seem to be mummified joints of meat. These are not identifiably human; if anything, they resemble small legs of lamb. But they suggest the dread cave of the Cyclops Polyphemus in the Odyssey, strewn with fragments of unspeakable meals. The title is The Destruction of the Father...
Neither Russell nor Lamb have a response to the accusation that President Carter, in implementing the rules, subverted standard federal procedure by cutting the comment period short...
Despite these complications in the courts, the Selective Service is going ahead on other fronts Spokesman Joan Lamb says the number of men born since 1960 who have complied with the law is increasing dramatically Over the summer, officials estimated that more than 7,00,000 young men. 7 percent of those required, had not complied with the law. According to Lamb, that figure has dropped to 4,17,000. She adds that one-fourth of these are already controlled in the military and consequently didn't realize they still had to sign up. Selective Service now boasts compliance above...