Word: meatier
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...Bison bison is not a true buffalo.) An entire restaurant chain, Ted's Montana Grill (named for one of its founders, Ted Turner, former vice chairman of Time's parent, Time Warner Inc.), has largely defined itself through bison offerings, which include burgers and tenderloin that taste stronger, somehow meatier, than beef. Next month the chain plans to open its 48th location, this one in Naperville...
...opportunities she was given over her friends—simply because of her wealth—adds a necessary element of pathos to the formidable comedy. The real sense that everyone in the boarding house is desperately struggling makes the comedy sharper and leaves the story far meatier than an equivalent Busby Berkley behind-the-scenes show. The comparable story of the era is “The Women,” which also took romantic comedy rhythm and wit to focus on a homosocial environment. But there is nothing in it quite as stirring as when Terry finally discovers...
...MIGHT NOT WIN: Walk the Line is an agreeable film but also a rather plodding one, fully energized only when Witherspoon is onscreen. Probably that is to her advantage, but the Academy might prefer something darker and meatier and a little nuttier...
Will politically correct gastronomy save the family farm? That may be wishful thinking. At the University of Portland, the all-local lunch was merely symbolic--Pepsi was back for dinner. What's meatier is that the university, which serves 22,000 meals weekly, has hiked spending on local and regional products to 40% of its food dollars--up from less than 2% five years ago. "Even the burgers are from Oregon steers," boasts dining manager Kirk Mustain...
...distinguished By The Way from its predecessors, Shadows almost sounds like a pop album on songs like “Omission.” Frusciante is careful to maintain his outsider/auteur credentials with three eerie, spine-tingling synth tracks, but the rest of the album is given over to meatier stuff. The opening track, “Carvel,” is a miniature masterwork, emerging from a sheen of synths to grab you by the ear with a hook that keeps metamorphosing into something new and toothier...