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...relations with Turkey so that it can be Europe's partner in a dangerous neighborhood. At a recent World Economic Forum conference in Istanbul, I was struck both by how creative Turkish diplomacy now is in the whole ring of instability to its east and south, from Armenia right round to Syria, and how much Turks wanted to work with Europeans to extend the area of peace and economic integration which has, since the Treaty of Rome 51 years ago, steadily moved from the North Sea eastwards...
...still taste fine on the inside, where it counts," says chef Amanda Cohen, whose newly opened restaurant in New York City is called Dirt Candy, in reference to the origin of its vegetarian treats. "Heirloom tomatoes may look like Frankenstein, but they often taste better than the perfectly round, slightly plasticized tomatoes you sometimes see in supermarkets. An irregular shape usually has nothing to do with taste...
...declaration to come in any post-game press conference, but especially in this one. The Harvard women’s soccer team had just lost to Northeastern in the first round of NCAA Tournament play, and it had lost after two overtime periods in the round of penalty kicks. The Crimson had come within two made PKs of advancing to the next round of the tournament. Its season had come down to a matter of inches and guesses, to the do-or-die contest that decides things when 110 minutes of play can’t. And Harvard came...
...Behind closed doors, the team is plenty angry that is missed out on continuing to the next round of tournament play, especially when doing so seemed within such easy reach. But at last week’s press conference, you wouldn’t know...
...average façade was crumbling. During the “Fast Money” speed round, I claimed that 13 was a good age for a parent to start treating you like an adult, a truly terrible answer. As a Jew, it seemed sensible enough—a bar or bat mitzvah is when every Jew becomes an adult, and even aside from that as a naturally precocious, overly-responsible non-child, my parents had started treating me like an adult at 13. I had given my real self away, with few points to show...