Word: pungents
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Below all, Seagrave's bright irreverence in portraying Sun Yat-sen as a character from opera bouffe and Chiang as an "ill-tempered bravo" almost contradicts the charges of Machiavellian villainy he wishes to press. The Soong Dynasty brings much pungent material to light; in the end, however, it works less well as an argument with history than as a crackling, made-for-TV story unraveled with fluency and flair. --By Pico Iyer
...drainage problem that has tortured Winthrop House residents with a pungent odor for weeks came to a head yesterday, closing the dining hall for dinnertime repairs and displacing students during the last few days of exam period...
...endorsements, a sitting President can do a lot to determine who the next G.O.P. nominee will be. So if Senator John McCain decides to run for President in 2008, it won't hurt that he and Bush have cooled the infamous ire that developed between them during the pungent 2000 primary season. Campaigning together frequently this fall, the former rivals became, if not bosom buddies, closer than either ever expected, according to friends of both. Bush was impressed that McCain never wavered in his support for the war in Iraq, even as the security situation there deteriorated. And McCain...
...Pungent is better when it comes to onions. In a study of shallots and 10 varieties and onions, Cornell University scientists found that compared to mild varieties like the Vidalia, the robustly flavored shallots and Western Yellow and New York Bold contained the highest levels of disease-fighting antioxidants...
While the main dishes are satisfactorily pungent and filling, it’s the injera that’s most memorable. The flat bread is best described as an overgrown porous tortilla with a bit of a bounce, and it’s primarily responsible for the loosening of your belt by the end of the evening. Made with t’eff, a protein- and calcium-heavy grain, the injera serves as both eating utensil and serving dish. Suffice to say there’s a lot of it, and even if you’re full to bursting...