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...most precious possession I lugged to the Yard in September 1977 was a burnt-orange Smith Corona electric typewriter. With its snap-in, snap-out ribbon enabling quickie corrections, it represented advanced technology for its day. It would serve me trustily from my first freshman Expos essay to the last page of my senior thesis. Compared to the battered old black Royal manuals in the Crimson newsroom that became my home, it was a writer?...
...BEVERLY HILLS: You're not about to squander your precious appointment at the Beverly Hills Hotel Spa, tel: (1-310) 887 2505, on a quick massage. Instead, book the caviar firming facial?a favorite of the spa's celebrity-studded clientele, and a snip at $270. Caviar extract is used instead of actual roe: save the latter for the evening's hors d'oeuvres...
...salt, some spas are offering therapies featuring[an error occurred while processing this directive] caviar, chocolate, even champagne. If you want to put the aah back in spa, skip the kelp masks and go straight for these top-dollar treatments. BEVERLY HILLS: You're not about to squander your precious appointment at the Beverly Hills Hotel Spa, tel: (1-310) 887 2505, on a quick massage. Instead, book the caviar firming facial - a favorite of the spa's celebrity-studded clientele, and a snip at $270. Caviar extract is used instead of actual roe: save the latter for the evening...
...something precious was lost, anthropologist Fox argues, when cooking came to be cast as drudgery and meals as discretionary. "Making food is a sacred event," he says. "It's so absolutely central--far more central than sex. You can keep a population going by having sex once a year, but you have to eat three times a day." Food comes so easily to us now, he says, that we have lost a sense of its significance. When we had to grow the corn and fight off predators, meals included a serving of gratitude. "It's like the American Indians. When...
...price of gas. Lee Kann Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. It amuses me no end to see Americans carping about gas prices while paying less than they are willing to pay for the same quantity of bottled water. It is time to wake up and realize that the price of a precious commodity whose supply is dwindling at an alarming rate can only go up, not down. It is time Americans start investing in public transport and working near their homes or living near their workplaces. Just think how much more you could accomplish if your commute were shorter and someone else...