Word: ratting
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...zard birinj, a rice dish eaten by the Mughal Emperor Akbar, to the Besan laddu, a sweet handed out to pilgrims at Tirupati, the most famous of Hindu temples. Although, as the author herself advises, you might want to stay away from the 12th century recipe for roast black rat from the court of King Somesvara...
...streets. In an Oct. 2005 proposal to City Manager Robert W. Healy, the council requested that he “consider significantly increasing fines for garbage that is put out at the wrong time or in improper containers.” The city had attempted to address the rat problem in a proposal last September requiring that rat traps be set out and rat holes sealed. Last December, Healy proposed tackling the rodent problem by focusing on regulating trash collection rules. “One theory of the City’s rat infestation problem is that there are more...
...task juggler." They are not only addicted to their electronic gadgets, but they also take tremendous pride in overusing them. Your story says it is more productive to focus on one task at a time, but my cure for e-mail and cell-phone addiction was to quit the rat race altogether. I haven't touched a cell phone, BlackBerry or PDA in months-and after 15 years in the corporate world, I don't miss any of it. As a stay-at-home dad, I'm reaping rewards far superior to anything I could ever receive...
Pixar may follow its summer vehicle Cars with Ratatouille, a tale about a rat who lives in a fancy French restaurant. Little is known of future projects, but Incredibles auteur Brad Bird has long wanted to direct a noir-style film, possibly based on Will Eisner's comic The Spirit. Meanwhile, creative kingpin John Lasseter, who has a deep affinity for traditional 2-D cel animation, is expected to revive that form in some way. He may even jump-start the long-dormant world-music spin-off of Fantasia, titled Musicana...
...course, it's not uncommon for people to drop out of the rat race in favor of more spiritual pursuits. Still, Christie's decision to join the Church of England put him decidedly outside the mainstream. The Church's membership has dwindled dramatically over the past few decades, and Christie says he realizes that the days when vicars were automatically viewed as respected community figures are long gone. "Being a clergyman doesn't have much moral authority these days," he says. And as a vicar, he says he sometimes struggles to balance demands for what people...