Word: smorgasbord
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Fortuyn had laid out some of that political smorgasbord last Monday afternoon at a Hilversum radio studio, where he also predicted he would live to the ripe age of 86. As he left the studio, a gunman approached him in the parking lot and fired five shots, hitting the candidate in the head, chest and neck. He died soon after...
...Voodoo”—from the band’s 1996 album Remember —showcasing lead singer Mike Glabicki’s unmistakable whooping. As the concert progressed, each band member rotated instruments again and again, eventually taking full advantage of the instrumental smorgasbord that had taken so long...
...been a more promising year for the Hong Kong Film Festival. Cinema is in full bloom throughout Asia. Post-Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Chinese films are probably the world's hottest?and Hong Kong is Chinese cinema's incandescent crucible. The good news is that the festival was a smorgasbord of experimental work from China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea and the Philippines, much of it shot in video format, with an ultra-tight focus on youth and their contradictory (and sometimes tragic) need to belong in society and simultaneously forge individual identities. The unhappy news is that an overwhelming...
...course, a carillon tower (with an appropriately sized carillon inside). Just think of the Sunday afternoon recitals in May. Such a park would be a benefit to the surrounding community and a boon to Harvard as well. A carillon here would do much to enrich an already wealthy cultural smorgasbord, and help to placate any residents worried that Harvard will not care for the community at large. Now it’s just up to the administration to do whatever is necessary to ring in the changes...
...CAFETERIA SYSTEMS: An employer gives each worker a dollar amount to spend on a menu of benefits, including health care. The employees then face a smorgasbord of coverage--and if they choose more expensive health care, they must pay any costs above the employer's contribution...