Word: peppering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...submarines, torpedoes, grinders, hoagies and, in the South, po' boys (all the ingredients a poor--and hungry--boy can fit into one sandwich). These in turn are the forerunners of the New Orleans muffuletta, a round hero full of Italian ham, salami, mortadella, provolone cheese and an oily olive, pepper and vegetable salad that is the specialty of the city's Central Grocery. But the ultimate hero is the six-foot log made famous by the Manhattan cafeteria- restaurant Manganaro's Hero Boy. Designed to be cut into individual portions for parties, the superhero weighs 22 lbs., feeds "30 hungry...
Students attack what they call the CRR's lack of adequate due process procedures and its penchant for quashing political beliefs which the University considers disruptive. They pepper discussions with often-distorted references to those who stood before the group during the early 1970s...
From the age of eight, Gooden and his closest neighborhood friend, Floyd Youmans, filled Tampa's afternoons with pepper. Using a battered aluminum can for a ball, they waged endless rounds of home-run derby or argued themselves angry over a game called Strikeout that featured a hard rubber ball, a red brick wall and a chalk-drawn strike zone. "Just me and him," Youmans whispers conspiratorially. "We weren't supposed to--the coaches all the way down the line told us not to--but we'd sneak out and practice throwing curve balls. When he was twelve, I knew...
Despite the price, there are those who actually drink Petrus, and do so regularly. The French monthly food review Sel et Poivre (Salt and Pepper) calls Petrus "the most sought-after wine in the world." At New York City's Sherry-Lehmann Wines, President Michael Aaron says that Petrus is Actor Burgess Meredith's favorite wine, as well as a frequent pick of Herbert A. Allen, a Manhattan investment banker who used to own Columbia Pictures. Vogue Magazine Critic Martin Gersh describes a Petrus taste-testing session as "unquestionably one of the supreme wine experiences of my life." Wine experts...
Last week, in a corporate-style engagement, Coca-Cola agreed to buy Dr Pepper (1985 profits: $60.6 million) from Forstmann Little, a New York-based investment banking firm, for $470 million. The deal is a retaliatory salvo in an ongoing soft- drink war. Only five weeks ago, PepsiCo announced that it was buying Seven-Up for $380 million. That takeover will give Pepsi about 34% of the $30 billion soft-drink market. By acquiring Dr Pepper, Coke will increase its industry-leading share...