Word: mushing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...past few days, the flow of refugees into Albania, Macedonia and Montenegro has slowed from the flood of the previous weeks. The bordering nations and international relief agencies have begun the task of caring for the dispossessed; the U.S. and other NATO nations must do as mush as possible to assist them...
...imagining, Charlotte makes her way back to Scotland. And the phone rings. A voice says, "Charlotte, you may not remember me... " So the story ends as it should, though with both lovers so battered by the war and their time apart that only the most resolute cynic could cry "Mush alert!" and truly mean...
...moms may think their brain has turned to mush, but a study suggests just the opposite: motherhood actually boosts brain power--at least in rats. The surge of hormones during pregnancy seems to cause a proliferation of new growth within tiny brain-cell structures called dendrites. The effect on behavior--mommy rats are curious, bolder and learn mazes more quickly--may be long lasting...
...content, it is of course nothing new for a series to combine comic and serious elements. What makes Sports Night different is the kind of issues it takes up, which are more sinewy than the usual interpersonal mush (although the show has that too). Characters are confronted with challenges to their professional and personal integrity, as when Dana had to decide how the show should handle an interview with a star athlete who had committed an assault on one of its producers. (That episode ran without a laugh track, something the producers have wanted all along but the network agreed...
...Tuna and Scallion Roll ($4.50). Iridescent slabs of yellowtail arrive on a platter ($16.50) with translucent pink tuna slices, striated salmon, and a seaweed purse brimming with giant red roe. A fat pink shrimp is split open to straddle a ball of rice, and a rather suspicious-looking orange mush in a seaweed packet turns out to be sea urchin. Mixed rolls were similarly elegant: Boston maki ($4.50) arrived in neat rolls filled with salmon, avocado and lettuce, Spicy Tuna ($5) walked a perfect tightrope between cucumber, tuna and subtly tangy spicy sauce. Cafe Japonaise has a chef...