Word: rhubarb
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...Billing himself as Rhubarb Red, Paul soon had a country-music act out of Chicago; he'd play harmonica and guitar and, between numbers, peddle rube humor. By the early '30s he was making $1000 a week at the country stuff; but in the bustling Chicago music scene there was so much more to hear and play. 'In the morning I was hillbilly, and at night I was playing jazz with Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins, Nat Cole and Art Tatum.' He cut his first records in 1936, backing blues singer-pianist Georgia White as she belted out Andy Razaf...
...addition, the rudeness on both sides of the argument really bothered me. The least she could have done, in initiating the whole rhubarb to begin with, was come up with some polite yet clever way of scolding me: "Lovely mountain bike. Perhaps it would function best in the wilderness." And I would not have retorted so contemptuously. "Such is the urban jungle," I would reply, eyes twinkling, and we'd both go our merry ways...
...Rhubarb," says Hollings in the thick, rolling baritone that is native to low-country Charleston. He says that although Inglis refuses to accept PAC money directly, he takes it indirectly through the national party. And Hollings scoffs at Inglis' promise that as a supporter of term limits, he will serve only two terms: What's the point of electing a lame duck...
Dessert consisted of a strawberry-lychee soup with rhubarb sorbet that was fruity and light, stopping just short of being too sweet. The second dessert was flourless almond/orange cake, crunchy and light, spiced by orange zest and whipped cream. Flourless cake is generally dense, rich, and chocolate, but this was none of the above, an ideal choice for Passover. In the end, the desserts, like the entrees, far outshone the appetizers...
Next inning, at the plate there was a face-to-face exchange of hot words between Robinson and Garagiola--the kind of rough passage that fans appreciatively call a "rhubarb." Umpire "Beans" Reardon stepped between the two and broke it up. That was the end of it; no fisticuffs on the field, no rioting in the stands. But it was a sign, and an important one, that Jackie had established himself as a big leaguer. He had earned what comes free to every other player: the right to squawk...