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Specialties that deserve an honorable place on the American table include kulebyaka, the glorious salmon pie described by Chekhov as "shameless in its nakedness, a temptation to sin"; pirozhki, the more plebeian meat or vegetable pies; kidney and dill pickle soup; Azerbaidzhan lamb patties; veal stew with cherries; Ukrainian honey cake; smetannik, a rich pie of sour cream, jam and nuts; and the celebrated Guriev kasha, a thickened compote of brandied fruits. To round out a Russian banquet, Goldstein provides instructions for a dozen deliciously flavored vodkas, and with them a toast to the meal: Eshte, eshte na zdorovye...
...demanded capitulation. It was then that Luther began asking questions about other aspects of the church, including the papacy itself. In 1520 he charged in an open letter to the Pope, "The Roman Church, once the holiest of all, has become the most licentious den of thieves, the most shameless of brothels, the kingdom of sin, death and hell." Leo called Luther "the wild boar which has invaded the Lord's vineyard...
After the New York Yacht Club's (NYYC) shameless attempt to get the newfangled keel disqualified, and the American defender's subaquatic efforts to photograph it, justice was finally done on the Rhode Island Sound Monday...
...face the heat. He not only showed up but droned through a standard speech about disarmament. His audience listened anxiously to hear whether Gromyko would mention the airliner. He did, in a few defiant sentences at the end, accusing the U.S. of inspiring "a wave of slander and shameless insinuations against the U.S.S.R...
...imposed to make the entertainer feel more at home.) Doffing a headdress that had been presented to him earlier-Newton is part Indian-the singer milked the day's patriotic sentiment, kicking off with his own version of Neil Diamond's America, which ended with a shameless appeal to Martin Luther King's memory as Newton intoned a snatch of King's "I have a dream" speech. Mawkishness went on to new depths, even for a July 4th, with Newton's lead-in to Tie a Yellow Ribbon. "May there never be another American held...