Word: plate
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Regardless of who is in the White House comeJanuary, However, Richards said that "Washingtonwill have its plate full getting its own house inorder" and that states will have to find solutionson their...
...THINGS I miss most about my home in South Carolina is the food. In my three years in Cambridge, I have managed to acclimate myself to the snow, Boston drivers, and Hare Krishnas. But despite the wealth of culinary choices the area offers, I cannot get a decent plate of chitlins (the correct pronunciation of chitterlings) to save my life. Eating as ritual does not exist here as it did at home. Everyday, I used to stop of at my Aunt Bessie's house for supper. Where I live lunch does not exist as a meal. The word "lunch" itself...
During supper, Aunt Bessie would continuallyask me if I wanted anything. According to custom,I always had to refuse twice--politely--beforeaccepting. Since we were family, Aunt Bessieusually skipped the three offer pas-de-deux andproceeded to reload my plate upon my firstrefusal. These reinforcements often includedsurprises like potato salad, pound cake, homemadeice cream and sweet potato pie. Amazingly, I wasalways able to finish off whatever was given tome. I guess she had a way of being able to discernexactly when I was about to burst, a term I don'tuse lightly...
Seldom is there not a police officer in the restaurant and often there is a whole group of officers sitting at a table downing a large plate of al dente pasta and sauce...
Unfortunately, scientists believe, the town has the bad luck to sit atop a weak spot, and as the plate moves, it stretches -- and sometimes cracks. Now a report in Science bears out that belief: a new survey reveals that stresses in the earth have been rising sharply in the area since the 1950s. The amount of change points to a big quake in about 1,000 years, which is roughly the historical average indicated by the geological evidence. But that is just an ^ average. It could also happen tomorrow...