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...Prune Stuffed Gnocchi ($17) are deserving of their reputation as No. 9’s signature appetizer. Although based on a Northern Italian specialty of fruit-stuffed dumplings, No. 9’s version is vaulted into a different realm by the addition of a foie gras beurre blanc and seared nuggets of foie gras that explode in the mouth under the gentlest pressure of teeth. The gnocchi2 are feather-light, without any of the gumminess that often weighs them down under less skillful hands. This is a decadent dish—layers of flavor unfold with each bite...
...responsibility of the professors themselves to not be tempted by the limelight into speaking about issues that are out of their realm of expertise, says Homi K. Bhabha, professor of English and American language and literature. “Some people are only too ready to be seduced by the temptation to grab the public platform,” he says. This is not a problem to which Harvard is immune. “Clearly there are people at elite universities—including Harvard—who seem to spend a lot of time on TV and publish...
...film which cost $60,000 to make, and grossed $240 million)--that make fortunes for enterprising companies. The resulting product or service must of course be polished and marketed. But the path that most successful new products take is predictable: "from the Fringe, to the Edge, to the Realm of the Cool, to the Next Big Thing, and finally, to Social Convention." If you have deviants on staff, say the authors, nurture them. If not, seek them out and hire them. "Never forget, your deviants ought to be your first, best line of competitive commercial defense." --By Andrea Sachs
...students profiled in the article were in no way dangerous or abnormal for people of their age; in fact, they showed far more restraint and responsibility than typical college students. While the University as a liberal arts school does have a responsibility to the students outside the realm of the intellectual, it should not impede normal social activity amongst them...
...1990s by exporting medium-range missiles to Iran, Syria and Pakistan. (U.S. intelligence believes, according to the New York Times, that Islamabad paid for its purchases by delivering nuclear-weapons technology to Pyongyang.) Even if North Korea's own strategic posture was essentially defense of the Dear Leader's realm, its export program raised the danger of the viral spread of dangerous weapons...