Word: soiled
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That's about to change. Word is getting out that there is something wild and delicious stirring in this frostbitten soil, waiting to be discovered. Chefs who have long looked to France, Italy and Spain for inspiration and ingredients are now literally combing their backyards for the raw materials to create a cool new Nordic cuisine. Instead of the borrowed prestige of imported foie gras and truffles, the new taste of the North is foraged chickweed, Arctic brambles and livestock breeds that date back to the Vikings...
...believe that Americans would consider not giving some formal recognition to 9/11. We should support the courage and patriotism that our fellow Americans showed that day six years ago. Thousands of people died in the biggest attack on our soil. Passengers on one of the planes were courageous enough to crash the plane, killing themselves but preventing even more deaths. As a proud American, I will always remember the people who died that day, and I will continue to wear red, white and blue every Sept. 11 for the rest of my life...
...looking to score easy points - lit into the Iranian President with a candor they rarely show on the campaign trail. "It is unacceptable for [Ahmadinejad], who refuses to renounce and end his own country's support of terrorism, to visit the site of the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil in our nation's history," said Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. Republican candidate Rudy Giuliani - who was New York City mayor at the time of the attacks - thundered: "This is a man who has made threats against America and Israel, is harboring bin Laden's son and other al-Qaeda...
...Department of Homeland Security should be asking itself some tough questions in light of the potentially catastrophic terrorist operation that was foiled by German authorities in early September—namely, would such an attack have been prevented on American soil, by American security agents...
...native New Zealand, this son of three generations of importers of French vintages planted his first five acres (two hectares) of grapes in 1993. Neill has poured heart and soul not only into such successes as The Piano and the Jurassic Park movies but also into the alluvial-schist soil of the South Island of New Zealand, where his great-grandfather settled in 1859 and where Neill helms Two Paddocks, which is dedicated to the quest for what he calls "the seductive Pinot Noir...