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...rejected because of health concerns or changing tastes. The apricot soufflé, one of Gourmet's early signature desserts, failed the taste test until someone realized that the original recipe used dried apricots from California, not the Turkish ones that are more common today. And a 1950s recipe for niu moa ai (a Hawaiian chicken dish) that began, "Saw the tops off six small, fresh coconuts" was dropped because it was deemed too time consuming for contemporary cooks. Still, the recipes that did make it in will allow you to re-create classics like beef Wellington or more modern dishes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Recipe for a Classic | 10/21/2004 | See Source »

...sometimes rejected because of health concerns or changing tastes. The apricot soufflé, one of Gourmet's early signature desserts, failed the taste test until someone realized that the original recipe used dried apricots from California, not the Turkish ones that are more common today. And a 1950s recipe for niu moa ai that began, "Saw the tops off six small, fresh coconuts" was dropped because it was deemed too time consuming for contemporary cooks. Still, the recipes that did make it in will allow you to re-create classics like beef Wellington or more modern dishes like seared salmon with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Recipe for a Classic | 9/27/2004 | See Source »

...commotion mounted, the Marcoses left Hickam Air Force Base after a month-long stay and moved into a $1.5 million beachfront estate in the exclusive eastern Honolulu suburb of Niu. The new home offers little of the imperial style to which the dethroned couple is accustomed: more than 50,000 cars a day roar along a four-lane highway just outside the house, while sundry beachcombers, joggers and fishermen can peer at the grounds from the nearby beach. One novel feature, however, may remind the exiles of their old Manila home. Within 24 hours of the Marcoses relocation, picketers appeared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines Purging Marcos' Legacy | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

...solution for New Guineans but it was a slight to them. Not so, said the council. Besides being pidgin, niugini is made up of two words taken from the most widely used Papuan dialect, Motu. True, answered Papua critics, but surely the council knew what the Motu words mean: niu is coconut, and gini is stand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Pidgin up a Tree | 6/18/1973 | See Source »

...written Ψ. The astronomical sign for the constellation Taurus is Ψ which resembles the later Greek letter Ψ. The Chinese Luna zodiac sign for the same constellation was six stars Ψ, in the shape of a bull's head, while the sign of the Chinese Luna zodiac was Niu, the "ox" which in primitive form, resembled the head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Letters from Heaven | 4/4/1955 | See Source »

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