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...past 25 years - that's service journalism! I just wish they'd done it American Idol style, with Morrison et al. reading a chapter a week on live television and Michiko Kakutani doling out on-the-spot critiques a la Simon Cowell. (Kakutani: "Roth, that was self-indulgent, semi-literate trash! No wonder you never got that trip to Sweden." Roth: [tries to look brave, then sobs uncontrollably onto David Foster Wallace's shoulder...
...That’s a horrible, horrible move on the show.” Vaz, who is currently enrolled at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston, won the quarterfinals game that aired on Wednesday night, guaranteeing that he will at least take home $10,000. His semi-finals game will air next week. According to Vaz, the shows for the tournament were all taped last month, and he knows the outcome. But Jeopardy! producers require contestants to keep quiet about results until the shows air. Vaz said, however, that a “follow-up” story...
...post. “We did a national search for this position, interviewed a number of outside applicants, and were delighted to find that we had the best person right here,” he added. The search committee whittled down a pool of 144 applicants to just six semi-finalists, who were all invited to spend a day at Harvard. The final two candidates gave a town-hall-style presentation to a group of representatives from different groups involved in women’s issues. The ultimate choice of Marine, who has been at Harvard for over three years...
...dried chilhuacle chilis (optional) 8 dried mulato chilis 8 dried pasilla mexicano chilis 3 tsp. lard (or olive oil) 1/4 cup almonds 1/4 cup raisins 1/4 cup shelled pumpkin seeds 1/4 cup shelled pecans 1/4 cup shelled peanuts 4 slices of egg bread or other semi-sweet bread, torn into pieces 1/4 cup sesame seeds 1/3 tsp thyme 1/3 tsp marjoram 1/3 tsp oregano 4 avocado leaves 2 cinnamon sticks 1/8 tsp anise 3 whole cloves 1/8 tsp cumin 3 whole black peppercorns 1 tomato, roasted 3 tomatillos, roasted 3 cloves of peeled garlic, roasted 1/2 medium peeled onion, roasted...
...guests who use them most often. These personal touches include a a hand-painted ceiling design, built-in bookshelves and hardwood flooring. The initial revamp so impressed the Mobil judges that they restored the five-star rating in 2003. Since then, the final touches, such as a semi-enclosed treetop terrace for tastings from the hotel's 40,000-bottle cellar, have helped the Bel-Air keep its top Mobil designation. Given the massive overhaul, it's surprising that even some frequent guests have to ask what, specifically, has changed. But Lopes isn't distressed. "It pleases me because...