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...gavels with him that day. The first -- a link to the past and a token of how long the G.O.P. had waited to regain power -- had belonged to Joseph Martin of Massachusetts, the last Republican Speaker, who relinquished it to the Democrats 40 years ago. The other, a jumbo mallet suggestive of Gingrich's power and willingness to use it, was donated by a fan. On opening day he favored...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Master of the House | 1/16/1995 | See Source »

...preparing food. Across the country "Julia-watchers" saw her in the kitchen, infectiously enthusiastic, her flour-drenched hands reaching for the inevitable glass of red wine. Through her happy, expert engagement in the practice of cooking--in stuffing sausage casings by hand, in halving a winter squash with mallet and cleaver--she made food preparation appealing, and even enticing. In her book The Way to Cook she introduces "A Fast Saute of Beef for Two" as "something to keep in mind for a rather important and intimate occasion....[W]hen you are an informal twosome, why not prepare the whole...

Author: By Karen M. Olsson, | Title: Gastronomic Trio Simply Delicious | 12/1/1994 | See Source »

...onto the table, and his tongue cascades from his mouth; it's a red carpet for a red-hot princess to walk on. His heart thumps about a yard out of his chest. He lets howl a wolf whistle Jack Nicholson would envy and bashes himself with a huge mallet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Like the Mask? | 8/8/1994 | See Source »

...rendition of the third symphony seems less calculated than that of its cousins, but the tension is not uniformly kept up through the inner movements, although I appreciate the subtle interplay between the inner voices that abounds in the second and third movements (including a wayward timpani mallet about 18 seconds into the second movement). While Haitink receives my praise for sustaining the momentum in the sublime cello theme of the third movement, I still wish that he had felt just a little more free to lose himself in its glory. Typically, he avoids excessively punching the off-beat accents...

Author: By Brian D. Koh, | Title: New CD Showcases Brahms | 8/5/1994 | See Source »

Wellsley was to first team to fall to the precision mallet play of the Crimson's dynamic duo. The Kirkland junior and Cabot sophomore then outwicketed Navy, Mt. Holyoke and Smith soon after...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: Croquet National Champions For The Second Straight Year | 5/5/1993 | See Source »

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