Word: sandwiched
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...instructor come up with for an encore? Opening a delicatessen only a matzoh ball's throw from Harvard Square in Cambridge, Mass. "I see it as a social service," says Brooklyn-born Kapor. "The deli is for anyone who complains about not being able to find a decent pastrami sandwich in Boston...
...late 40s, Sports Columnist Doug Gardner is divorced. His ex-wife glamorously remarries and surrounds their teenagers with luxuries. Doug is suddenly uncertain of anything, even jogging: Do you get the benefits of extra endurance now, he wonders, "when you're still able to eat a pastrami sandwich, or at the end when you're already on a life-support system?" The gloomy sportswriter imagines his own funeral, but it is only his columns that die. Corman offers savage, sparkling portraits of the hustlers and operators of professional sport, including a newspaper owner who believes in the lowest common dominator...
...least within the White House, for coordinating the U.S. capture of the terrorists who had seized the cruise ship Achille Lauro. Though North claimed credit for devising and executing the operation, colleagues say Poindexter deserves the greater honor. They vividly remember him sitting coolly at his desk munching a sandwich from the White House mess and sipping a glass of red wine while directing the interception by Navy jets of the Egyptian airliner carrying the seajackers...
...built in 1773, is a part of local history. The restaurant has painted, wood-paneled walls, comb-back chairs, and a staff in period costumes that should delight children. They might also feel at home with the school-cafeteria level of cooking. But for a restful lunch of a sandwich or a salad, the Tavern suffices...
Surrounded by his people and bedecked with jewelery, the godfather of soul surprised the experts by failing to break out into spontaneous song and dance numbers--instead choosing to eat his sandwich and quietly talk with his friends. Just as I was about to nail him with a few hard-hitting questions about the intimate details of his personal life and his work, my check came...