Word: plaines
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sense of his heart. Come the fall, when people might start paying attention to politics, there will be plenty of time for him to lay out a 10-point plan on fixing Social Security. Some of Bush's opponents have made their annoyance at all this tiptoeing plain. "People don't know what he stands for," said Dan Quayle in Iowa last week, wondering how Junior swiped his crown. "He's got to come in and fight for this nomination. I'll be darned if we're going to have this nomination inherited by a particular candidate...
...decades on the Reprise label, singing acerb ballads and jingles that became hits for others (I Think It's Going to Rain Today, Mama Told Me Not to Come) and, vagrantly, for himself (Short People, I Love L.A.), Newman has moved to DreamWorks to release his first album of plain old songs since Land of Dreams, his 1988 masterpiece of autobiographical melancholy. How nice to discover that a change of venue hasn't changed his mood. On the 12 cuts of Bad Love, Newman still sees the world as a nasty place full of sad, warped people--and eminently worth...
...food business, Square stalwarts Mr. Bartley's and Charlie's Kitchen say a combination of tradition, charm and plain good food keeps them in business...
Bombay Club's breads are exceptional. The simple chapati, cooked on a griddle, was obviously just made, warm, tender, and tasting earthily of wheat. Rogini naan, touched with butter but otherwise plain, crisped on the ends. Papadum, sun-dried lentil crisps that had been roasted in the tandoori oven, crackled in the mouth, the sprinkling of black pepper giving a little zing...
South Indian dosas, as addictive as crepes were in the '70s, were expertly made, the long cylinder light and delicate. A filling of potatoes, peas, and cashews, fragrant with spices, was especially good. The plain dosa seemed too plain, and a bit greasy in comparison...