Word: peculiarities
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...said by phone from his Manhattan studio. "[Comics] served to help our kids learn to love books as things as well as the ideas they contain." But after years of arguing that comics weren't just for kids, Spiegelman, author of the graphic novel "Maus," found himself in a peculiar position when trying to create "Little Lit." "[I]t was like finally some people were going, 'Yes! Comics are for adults,' and here we were kind of stupidly parading out into the battle zone going, 'Yeah but, wait, wait, comics aren't just for adults anymore...
...Power,” a two-tiered creation of shaved ice, cherrystone seviche, Malpeque oysters, New England littleneck clams, and shrimp. Diving in headfirst, we slurp the raw oysters and clam from their shells, enjoying their unfamiliar texture and salty taste. When pressed for an adjective to describe the peculiar flavor, FM photographer Hayley B. Barna laughs and says, “They taste like Long Island Sound.” Our raw bar ignorance notwithstanding, the tower was delicious—the seviche was subtle and refreshing, and the clams and oysters delicate and bright...
...reviews were rather cooler. Costa's nude-colored knits, tight pencil skirts and thigh-high shorts lacked conviction. Will the new kid be given time to learn the peculiar fashion art of impersonating the master while making a name of his own? The larger question is, Can fashion, in its own period of transition and social change, manage to keep from coming apart at the seams...
...maybe this peculiar mix shares my own vivid nightmares of this deregulation disaster. Imagine this horrific vision. A mammoth Fox News permeating the airwaves in every locality across the nation armed with an ensemble that includes the likes of Ann Coulter—the ultraconservative fabulist whose musings have won her the denunciation from many in her own party; Rush Limbaugh—the corpulent, outrageous personality who, luckily, is confined to pandering to the American public via radio waves; and maybe even Rupert Murdoch himself—the owner of this notoriously biased conglomerate who stands...
...Beale's preparation for his epic voyage was a bit peculiar: he spent most of his time after that fateful visit to Borobudur toiling in the City of London as an investment-fund manager. Although he had previously spent two years in the Royal Navy, he himself admits that he's not much of a seaman. He's no scholar of ancient shipping and had spent little time in Indonesia before he started building his ship...