Word: pour
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...Even when he tried to pour scorn in a sketch, the malice didn't always take. He drew the Broadway entrepreneur David Merrick, a particular bete noire, as a malevolent Santa Claus, complete with bell, book and candle. Merrick's reaction: he bought the drawing and used it as his Christmas card. Seen today, that sketch has an eerie resemblance to a certain artist's early self-portraits - for this Merrick looks like the younger, saturnine Al Hirschfeld...
...office at Qanat Hotel, there is still no dearth of inputs. Sealed faxes pour in from intelligence agencies around the world. Chemists and biologists have heaps of samples collected from various sites. Iraq's 12,000 page declaration still has to be unraveled and then cross checked with active inspections. Scientists have to be approached for interviews either in the country or preferably outside, away from their minders. The report next week is likely to say that the inspectors need more time, and could use a little more cooperation from the Iraqis, but that they are satisfied with their progress...
...face of it, nuoc mam is rudimentary to make. Alternate layers of fish with salt, and leave them to ferment for at least four months. Drain the vat from the bottom, pour the sauce back into the vat and wait another few months. Then drain again. This first pressing, as prized as extra-virgin olive oil, is called nhi and is usually reserved for dipping bowls at the table. On Phu Quoc, they douse everything from vegetables to french fries in salty nuoc mam nhi. Second and third pressings are used for cooking...
...frugality is legendary. She wanted to take the subway to testify on Capitol Hill but finally relented and accepted a ride from friends. When she inadvertently bought a Vanilla Coke recently, she took one sip, declared it awful, then drank it all because she could not bear to pour it out. She has two business suits--one that she bought for her FBI interview in 1980 and the one, given to her by her mother-in-law more than 15 years ago, that she wore to testify in June. "Stuff doesn't wear out," she explains. Her daughter Bette feigns...
...Crandall drives slowly through the working-class neighborhood of Longview, Texas, kids pour out of their homes and follow the sound of Christian rock blasting from his Chevy pickup. "Hey, kids, do you know what time it is?" Crandall shouts into a microphone. "We're gonna have some fun with...