Word: objectional
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...open air market between Quincy Market and Haymarket is the culinary equivalent of a carnival midway. (In other words, if you object to being addressed as either “Girly” or “Blondie,” this is probably not the place for you.) But if you don’t mind the raucous atmosphere and shop judiciously, rare fruits and vegetables will be your reward. The selection of South American and Latin American goodies is particularly fresh. You can find jicama, fist-sized pineapples and bags of multi-colored Habernero...
...certainly don’t object to foreign travel,” Mansfield added...
...levies, and last month Lautenberg and other Senate Democrats lost a narrow vote to reinstate them. In protest, the Sierra Club aired "Make Polluters Pay" TV ads in Pennsylvania, Florida and Michigan--all swing states. And on April 15, tax day, activists in 25 states picketed post offices to object. "We went from polluters paying to citizens paying," says Oklahoma environmentalist Earl Hatley. "Now EPA doesn't have the money for megasites like Tar Creek...
...McCall Smith, 55, is almost never rude. That may be why he has become an object of devotion--especially among traditionally built ladies--worldwide. He is a particular favorite among literary societies and has met with dozens of them on his U.S. promotional tour for The Full Cupboard of Life (Pantheon; 198 pages), the most recent Ramotswe book, out this week. "I do 150 ladies at a time, at lunch," he says of gatherings he visited in Palm Springs, Calif.; Palm Beach, Fla.; and Las Vegas, to name a few. "Did you even know there was a Las Vegas literary...
...from the U.S. and Britain. Such differences only underline the way the E.U. remains a menagerie of states, not a single organism. The constitution "was never going to be ratified" unanimously as required, argues one Member of European Parliament who helped draft the document. But this M.E.P. doesn't object: "The core should move ahead in a two-speed Europe." Schüssel has another solution: a Continentwide referendum to encourage a sense of a shared destiny. Whether the constitution ends up getting ratified or rejected, Blair's referendum U-turn - and the Continental jitters it has set off - suggests...