Word: pies
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Movie comics know that the trick to their craft is to expose themselves to public humiliation. Will Ferrell does so literally, by stripping down to his pudgy skin. Here are five other comedians, masters in the art of taking a metaphorical--or otherwise--pie in the face...
...also proved to be more than a mouthful for contenders in the pie-eating contest, which featured apple, blueberry, coconut, and custard flavored pies...
After three minutes and 14 seconds, only one out of the five contenders managed to consume more than one pie. And he wasn’t a math concentrator—biochemistry concentrator Ian D. Duff ’09 swallowed a total of 1.625 pounds of pie...
...defending and attacking the rights of undocumented immigrants in their search for citizenship, stories of the migrants that made it, who carved out their own piece of the pie in America, dominate the discussion. Yet for every migrant that achieves economic success, tens of thousands don’t. For every migrant that makes it into the U.S., hundreds of thousands don’t. For every migrant that decides to make the trip, millions rot in destitution. My experience with Latin American migrants leads me to see each of them enveloped in a sort of pyramid of destruction...
...challenge was to rejuvenate a London institution so that today's crowd would be lured in for traditional British dishes like stargazy pie, featuring pilchard heads poking out through pastry. Tony Blair and Prince Charles' wife Camilla have already dined there (although not together). Visual attractions include a glittering crustacean bar and art by names including Gary Hume. But overall, the look is of elegant comfort. As for where to sit, lunchtime power brokers prefer center tables. 20 Mount Street...