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...nervous before she traveled,” Amara said. “I knew that they would give her a hard time and that she would be interrogated. But I did believe that she would be let into the country...
...Let 10 weeks of unabated fun begin...
...public saw only the poker face. " 'Never let them see you sweat' - you can put that above Gates' door," says Richard Armitage, an old friend and colleague. Four years later, while serving as Deputy National Security Adviser under President George H.W. Bush, Gates was nominated again to be DCI. What followed was one of the longest and most bitter confirmation hearings in Senate records. CIA co-workers from the Soviet desk excoriated his character, his motives, his honesty. They called him a toady who'd fire dissenters and slant intelligence just to please his then boss, Casey. The hearings, which...
...take place through featherlight powder under cobalt skies and are at least 1,000 m long - often double that. Views stretch out for hundreds of kilometers in every direction. In the early days, many of the bowls, chutes and peaks had never been touched or even seen by humans, let alone felt the impact of skis or boards. And there is still no sign of global warming except perhaps to the eyes of the most knowledgeable guides and locals, who say that even in this frozen wonderland there has been some loss...
...chicken, which is not, in this case, a euphemism for frog (though that is available) but an actual fowl. The trick with the chicken is to cook the pieces of white meat very quickly - or you'll be chewing on pieces of rope, this being a scrawny bird - and let the rest simmer for 30 minutes or so until tender. This process also alchemizes the zhou into a rich, soothing potage worthy of any grandmother's kitchen. Under $30 for two, tel: (86-10) 6770 2288. No English menu...