Word: ried
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...already taken irreversible root among the undergraduate population of one of America’s most elite universities. Dan Okrent, first public editor of The New York Times, thought up the cruel sport, which came to be named after the Manhattan restaurant, La Rotiss�rie Fran�aise, where he and his fellow New York cognoscenti (and members of the first-ever Roto league) gathered to lunch and talk baseball...
That range of knowledge encompasses not only journalism but baseball as well. In the offseason of 1979-1980, Okrent drew up the rules for a new type of fantasy baseball and pitched it to a group of friends at the Rotissérie Française restaurant in New York City. That game would become known as rotisserie baseball, familiar to the millions of fans who now play fantasy sports online. The invention would earn Okrent one of the first two spots in the Fantasy Sports Hall of Fame...
...HAPPY HUSTLE HIGH By Rie Takada Hanabi Oozora is a rambunctious 16-year-old tomboy and street urchin who comes to the rescue of her less assertive friends, sometimes in exchange for food. (March...
...first excerpt the company presented was Balanchine’s “Divertimento No. 15,” set to music by Mozart, a composer favored by Balanchine. Dancers Larissa Ponomarenko, Carlos Molina, Kathleen Breen Combes, Tempe Ostergren, Sacha Wakelin and Rie Ichikawa brought a crisp, effervescent energy to their performance. Especially notable were Molina’s graceful, fluid transitions and jumps seeming to hover in midair...
...vegetables (€20), carrot juice (€8) and roast shrimp with Thai herbs (€28). The food is always dependable, never risky or flashy or attention-getting. The brothers aren't looking to win awards for creative gastronomy. "Every meal starts when a man asks a woman, 'Chérie, where do you want to eat tonight?'" says Jean-Louis. "Our cuisine is designed for women." Which means portions that are small bordering on skimpy; no sauces - too fattening; no "plat du jour" - too complicated; and never, ever two garnishes - an inexplicable personal obsession of Jean-Louis'. It doesn...