Word: scoffs
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...strength. But religious faith is the implicit Republican solution to the personal traumas of the middle-class squeeze-the fact that overworked parents are scared to death that their unsupervised kids are taking life lessons from the sex, drugs and weirdness spewing from their televisions and computers. Liberals scoff, but the balm that comes with being part of a religious community-the Bible study, youth groups, choirs and, yes, the moral absolutes that often accompany such communion-is real and comforting, unlike the promise of complicated and expensive government programs...
...deeply concerned." A rafting trip down the length of one of Australia's last, and greatest, wild rivers seemed a natural progression from a 10-day bushwalk around Tasmania's tough south coast last year. There I'd trudged for hours through thigh-deep mud, learned to scoff at leeches and icy, slanting rain, come to love instant mashed potato, and fallen hard for the island's wild beauty. If you didn't even have to shoulder a backpack, how difficult could sitting in a raft be? "Don't worry about the paddling skills," the tour company's owner...
...Cappadocians eat gozleme for breakfast, lunch and dinner (usually with a refreshing glass of ayran, a frothy yogurt drink). Newer restaurants in the area offer various kinds, including those stuffed with eggplant or mushrooms. While purists may scoff at such modern varieties and argue that there can only be three types of gozleme?cheese, spinach or potato?travelers needn't be limited by such local controversies. Enjoy gozleme in whatever form you find...
...Gozleme is tangier than an Indian paratha, more robust than a French crepe and altogether delicious. Cappadocians eat gozleme for breakfast, lunch and dinner (usually with a refreshing glass of ayran, a frothy yogurt drink). Newer restaurants in the area offer variants stuffed with eggplant or mushrooms. While purists scoff at such modern interpretations and argue that there can only be three types of gozleme - cheese, spinach or potato - travelers needn't be limited by local controversies. Enjoy gozleme in whatever form you find...
...Indonesians. "They're not wearing gold chains and driving Cadillacs," says Fitzsimmons. "The arse is falling out of their pants and their own fishing grounds are an abyss." Later that evening, courtesy of Trish Wallam, dinner has an exotic smell; sitting down to an ample spread, the crew merrily scoff spicy crayfish and scallops. Although the silverside is splendid, compared with the cray tails Scotty's corn dog is just dead meat...