Word: quailed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hard-capped and smooth -- no water can penetrate. The anthills are empty, and under the ground there are no worms. Only the tracks of jackrabbits and kangaroo rats mark the land. We're told this was once a cow pasture knee high in grass. The owners hunted antelope and quail here, and their steers were taken to market fat. Then we are told, "The city set aside this land 30 years ago for urban development and took the livestock off. It suffers from too much rest. The ecological functioning of water, minerals, plants and animals has been disrupted...
...mother ran a boardinghouse. Many of these recipes were hers; others were suggested by Claiborne's friends and colleagues. Dishes range from soul to stylish Creole. Among them are such classics as fried chicken and beaten biscuits, as well as what Claiborne bills as "nouveau Southern," charcoal-grilled stuffed quail. Too bad he couldn't resist cliched crowd pleasers like blackened redfish...
Goldsmith is eating quail as he speaks, washing it down with a vintage claret. He is entertaining a visitor at Laurent, an elegant one-star restaurant off the Champs Elysees. He happens to own the place. He bought it on impulse more than ten years ago, after a late-night party there...
Walton's hobbies always take a backseat to his company. He plays a fine game of tennis, but he reportedly can be easily distracted by canny opponents who bring up the topic of Wal-Mart. Another favorite pastime is quail hunting; Walton often takes his two pointer dogs along with him on his business trips in case any opportunities arise. His only obvious material luxury is a twin- engine Cessna, which he frequently pilots on his constant travels from store to store...
...share in the unique feeling of being an illegal insider trader. Or almost. The guests were transported by boat to Alcatraz, the inactive island penitentiary in San Francisco Bay. There, while 25 actors dressed as convicts and jail guards capered around them, the temporary inmates supped on roast quail with lime sauce and admired the concrete and steel-bar decor. Estimated cost of the bash: about $100,000. To many, that seemed like something of a crime itself...