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Explorations of these personas fill up much of Reichl’s memoirs, “Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise,” making them more like a literary pupu platter than a gourmet multi-course meal...
...McClellan's final flight, he was saluted with speeches at the front of the plane, and he walked through the cabins bearing a heaping platter of chocolate chip and caramel brownies made by his wife, Jill. Even the President helped himself. "He's had Jill's before," McClellan said with a grin. He went out Saturday and bought his own BlackBerry and has lined up his first paid speaking engagement, on May 22. Characteristically, he won't say where it is. "It's out West," he said...
...Scientists have discovered a fossil of a 375 million-year-old fish with a reptilian jaw and a swiveling neck that they say is a long-sought missing link between fish and walking land creatures. Disturbingly, they found it in a Red Lobster fried-seafood platter." TINA...
...have more than a few times been designated as future world leaders. So why, one might ask, is it so difficult for us to take a little initiative in our undergraduate careers? We have worked hard, but we have also had many things handed to us on a silver platter and served with a side of caviar. Unfortunately, that’s not exactly the way the real world works. If we expect to make something of ourselves in the future, we better start by learning to take action now rather than simply crying out in complaint...
...grandfather always carved the turkey. One year the old man botched it badly, and the bird fell on the floor. Everyone was humiliated and wanted to cancel the next year's dinner. "Why can't we carve in the kitchen," a 12-year-old piped up, "and put the platter in front of Grandpa to serve?" This was a pivotal moment for the family. Families resist change, but they can and must learn to find new ways of being together, especially at holiday times. These gatherings are the heart of family life...