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Thanks to low-carbohydrate diets like Atkins, beef jerky is in the midst of a Chanel-bag-like revival. Cathy Sturm of Wisconsin-based Jack Link's Beef Jerky says manufacturers are winning over women and children to the macho snack with softer, tenderer products such as jerky nuggets and more sophisticated flavors like Hawaiian teriyaki. There is even a vegetarian option: meatless jerky made from mushrooms or soybeans. Niman Ranch, whose meats adorn plates at such acclaimed restaurants as Gramercy Tavern and Chez Panisse, has started selling steak jerky for $29 per 9 oz. in the Williams-Sonoma catalog...
...song selections for the set also balanced each other well. The harsh punk sounds of the film, notably in “Stupid Star,” “Pretty Pretty” and “Prey for Rock and Roll,” complimented the mostly softer, sultry tones of Gershon’s own songs...
...Army Major General Ray Odierno, commander of the 4th Infantry Division in north and central Iraq, predicted in July, the conflict in Iraq is becoming a classic case of what military thinkers call "asymmetric warfare," the kind that weak parties wage against strong ones. "They're going after softer targets and what we consider to be more of a terrorist-type activity," said Odierno. "The next step, to my mind, would be something like car bombs and suicide bombers." In such warfare, the initiative lies with the attacker, which is why Rumsfeld has always insisted that in the war against...
...four political leaders of Hamas, he was never a gunman himself. But the U.S.-educated engineer and university professor had emerged as the organization's most visible spokesman, thanks to his excellent command of English, his understanding of the Western mind and, on the hard scale of Hamas, his softer tone. Israelis dismissed his mild pragmatism as nothing but smart p.r. Yet it was Abu Shanab who often hinted at how Hamas might accept something less than its maximal demands. As he explained a few days before the June 29 hudna, or cease-fire, went into effect, the same kind...
...Hugo met in seventh grade at a school for gifted children in Virginia Beach, Va., they have been masking their insecurities beneath the brashness of hip-hop. The key to their success is that while fantasizing about being tougher than leather, they never forgot that they were softer than puppies. "A lot of people get caught up with making music into their identity," says Williams. "But my people--hybrid people--we respond to everything. I love Kool Moe Dee, but I also love America. And I would never let my appreciation for one kind of music keep me from listening...