Word: saucers
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Guests in the rapidly filling parlor know what is expected: they accept a saucer and wander among armchairs initiating conversations. Some of them have been taking tea for years at Sparks House, nested behind Memorial Hall...
That said, the White House knows it must do something, because the Democrats are getting saucer-eyed over November's congressional elections. According to Roll Call, House minority leader Dick Gephardt recently spoke with senior Dems about the corporate crookery, saying that "if this thing plays out right, we could pick up 30 to 40 seats." Bush is desperate to show voters that he is not deaf to their concerns, but he has not found the message. "He wrapped his arms around this market," laments a senior Administration official. "Now he owns...
...Island and set out to explore it, solving puzzles and following clues. Action games have become ultrasophisticated, with realistic lighting and weather effects. Some take place in vast mazes where it's "70 hours before you come back to the same place," says Bodman, as he pilots a flying saucer along a network of tunnels. If action isn't your bag, you can try a real-life simulation like SimCity. It's really "a management sim[ulation]," says Bodman. You are "town planner, chief executive, deity even," supplying roads, housing, electricity, employment. The exhibition's section on The Sims...
...bottle on the table at the high-end Italian place in the restaurant district of Providence, R.I., bears a picture of the man sitting across from me. "See this olive oil? From 300-year-old trees!" shouts Mayor Vincent A. Cianci as he fills a saucer with a brand called the Mayor's Own. "That other stuff is kerosene. You could start your car with that. This is different. This is dignified. This is what you should have." By the time his plate of anchovies and a snifter of Courvoisier mixed with B&B arrive, Cianci is rhapsodizing about...
...pages the complications have only just begun. The remaining seven volumes will appear on a bi-monthly basis starting with volume two, out in July. These kind of teased out, black and white, multi-volume stories are typical of Japanese manga storytelling. Also typical, Yoshizumi's drawings mix saucer-eyed, button-nosed caricatures with realistic details, particularly of the outfits the characters wear. Though little more than a childish soap opera, the natural, breezy dialogue (translated by Jack Niida), the occasional editor's notes on Japanese culture, and the likable characters make for a delightful read...