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...Craft by stealing from the pantry. He snips some basil from my garden, takes some Parmesan from my fridge and spends half an hour doing what he calls cooking and what I call making me realize how lame I am. I didn't know I am supposed to sharpen my knives every time I use them. Or that I should use so much oil. Or clean as I go along. He made fun of me for wanting to time things and for buying prepeeled garlic. (I also had whole bulbs, which he used.) He washed his hands after he sneezed...
...media, under pressure to work fast, sharpen their voices and cut costs, are increasingly making news blog-style, through argument and controversy. Certainly, the mainstream press is still the chief source of straight news. But that hasn't had nearly as much impact as the punditry (analysts burying Clinton before New Hampshire), glib remarks (Fox News calling Michelle Obama Barack's "baby mama") and opinion (Keith Olbermann's tirades against Clinton). The debates drew millions of viewers and reaffirmed TV's reach. But can you remember any substantive questions from them as much as the back-and-forth about "likability...
...Felicity aside and got up to start putting on his trousers, but Felicity sat motionless, the monocle in her palm. She stared at it for a moment, uncomprehending. Then she looked up.The Stable Boy had fastened his trousers over his prodigious loins and was smiling to himself as he sharpened a scythe. “Ah,” he said. “That must have fallen from your husband’s pocket as he was getting dressed this morning.”Felicity’s head reeled. She threw Frederick’s monocle...
...North Division the previous weekend, the Crimson started brightly against its opponents.“I thought we came out really crisp today,” said captain and pitcher Shelley Madick. “Now that we know we have clinched the division, we were really looking to sharpen our game up and fine-tine things before we head into the championship next weekend. “I think that we all came out ready to play and BU’s always a strong opponent.”In order to tame the Terriers, it was always going...
...injuries which—along with established mainstays manning the corner infield positions—kept him from playing regularly in his first two years. But Douglas bided his time, learning the intricacies of the game from those out on the field and working to recover from injuries and sharpen his approach at the plate. Now fully healthy, Douglas is being given the opportunity to put his accumulated knowledge to work, and at this point he is impressing—he hit two home runs, including a grand slam, in the Crimson’s season-opening three-game...