Word: raisin
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...career has stretched through Broadway, television, and film. In 2004, she became the first African-American woman to win the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress, taking the honor for her role as Lena Younger in a revival of Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin...
...generic-brand, non-corporate Raisin Bran with plain yogurt...
California's raisin grapes are withering on the vine. In the Central San Joaquin Valley, source of nearly all the raisins sold in the United States, 30% of the season's grapes are still waiting to be picked. The reason, growers say, is an unprecedented shortage of field laborers. A typical six-week harvest requires more than 50,000 workers; this season, raisin farmers are short by 40,000 and stand to lose as much as 60% of their annual $500 million production...
...regular routine. On some nights, he returns to his Victorian brownstone at 11:30 p.m., more than 18 hours after he first jumped out of bed. He’ll open the cookie jar that his wife, Therese, keeps full. But other than chocolate chip or oatmeal raisin, he has few indulgences: a beer or two on the weekend, maybe...
What happens to a joke deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or does it fester in your mouth, reminding you that the gift of a great comedic mind comes with a curse: your friends, your family, and most people in the world will never be able to make you laugh? If you’re one of the funniest men alive, does it frustrate you when you shoot off a quip to the grocery-store checkout lady, and it goes over her head...