Word: morsels
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...cool the body, like a gastronomic air-conditioner. Deer tendons braised with turnip are supposed to enhance a woman's beauty; barking deer is said to cure hangovers, and a sizeable wild deer's penis reputedly does wonders for the underwhelming man. But the most fashionable?and expensive?morsel today is a strip of giant-salamander skin, the reddish tinge of which exactly matches the shade of China's new 100-yuan note. In the modern People's Republic, money trumps manhood...
...When the president campaigned for his latest, $736 billion tax cut, he derided a compromise that weighed in at only $350 billion as "itty bitty". He has now embraced a bill of just that size, but what was once a morsel is now described as - presto! - a "very robust package." Bush's next press secretary will have to be prepared for more Orwellian wordplay. Once a tax cut becomes law, all the sunny guarantees that were made about its elixir-like effect on the economy will be put to the test as reporters demand to know when the promised boost...
...Chef Ann's informal approach is but a morsel of the Tanjong Jara's relaxed, and relaxing, charm. Some super-luxury enclaves suffocate guests with services and ceaseless, ultimately intrusive, efforts to make sure everything is just right. Here, save the odd cold towel or glass of ice water, guests are left peacefully, blessedly, alone and thus free to appreciate some of Asia's most stunning scenery. Built in 1980, the resort expertly re-creates the architectural splendor of the timber-wrought palaces of the region's 17th century sultans. The result?which won the prestigious Aga Khan Award...
...first?or second or third?time. But here, the garrulous footballer has been reduced to pantomime gestures and one-word exchanges. "Okay," says one teammate, clapping Gazza on the back as he watches the foreigner try to capture a particularly slippery dumpling. "Okay," responds Gascoigne, dramatically spearing the morsel with his chopstick. "Okay!" cheers the teammate. It's one of the longest conversations Gascoigne has had with a teammate...
...writing in books struck me as a minor but sordid crime—an impression reinforced by the prickly anti-annotation posters in Lamont. Reading used books has changed my mind. I have become an extravagant annotator, running pencil commentary up the margins and between paragraph breaks, covering every morsel of blank in the hope that, years hence, someone will wonder...