Word: neck
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...also had a family background packed with violence. His father Rafael, a butcher, was convicted of shooting a neighbor to death. Avila was only 17 at the time. Just a year ago, his brother Juan was found dead in Rosarito, Mexico, with a bullet in the back of his neck...
...night before he died, Kile told his brother he was tired and his right shoulder hurt. Unexplained pain that lasts more than five minutes in either arm or anywhere in the chest, jaw, neck or back can be a sign of a life-threatening heart problem. Was it just Kile's pitching arm acting up or a hint that something most serious was wrong? We will never know...
...good luck for granted. In his studies he remains true to his roots as a hardworking peasant, rising before dawn to pore over piles of flash cards, "relishing the real taste of pretty words and beautiful phrases such as nostalgia, willow bay, nip and tuck, nape of the neck and tiptoe," and struggling his way through Jack London and James Michener. By the heartwarming tale's end, the bumbling country boy Chen Da is well on his way to becoming the talented American writer, Da Chen...
...same spirit. Savoy likes to work with a single ingredient, emphasizing the multiplicity of flavors and textures. Take his agneau dans tous ses états - roughly, lamb every which way - which includes grilled lamb kebab, roast saddle of lamb, poached lamb's knuckle and grilled lamb's neck confit. Says Savoy: "It's a way of demonstrating the wealth of tastes that exist within one product." Klein agrees with the "less is more" philosophy. "You have to keep the product intact," he says. Try his tasting menu, a rambling affair with more than a dozen dishes, and you'll experience...
...minutes after touchdown in Vegas, a man with a placard bearing my name greeted me. He was wearing a t-shirt and shorts, sandals strapped to his feet and Ray-Ban sunglasses dangling from around his neck. He looked at me, smirked, and remarked, “You’ll learn.” I realized what he meant the moment I stepped out into the desert heat. I had been lucky enough to arrive on the hottest day of the year; the thermometer read 107. My perfectly pressed shirt was now a wet rag, and somehow...