Word: souffle
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...disappearance of a minor Russian poet whose scattered dactyls are the clues to a major East-West confrontation. A masterpiece of bamboozlement, Catch Me is a kind of catch-22 between rival and riven U.S. agencies, written in a style that ranges from hardest-boiled yegg to soufflé, with nothing poached...
...Soufflé. Frying those pork chops may cost upwards of $33 million -without apple sauce. The budget is already well over the target of $25 million. Before the movie is finished. Superman will have 1) soldered together the Golden Gate Bridge, which has been cut in half by an earthquake, 2) rescued the President's airplane from a thunderstorm, 3) tamed the waters from a collapsing dam, 4) plucked a speedboat full of criminals from the East River and set it down, still dripping, on Wall Street, 5) caught a crashing helicopter in midair, 6) flown round the world...
...French words imbedded in the English language for which there are no substitutes-even the politician may find it hard to oppose the tongue that makes him élite and his wife chic, his views avantgarde, his opponent naïve. Who would want to unscramble omelette, anglicize soufflé or advertise crêpes suzette as pancakes Suzy? A tête á tête is not eyeball to eyeball; savoir-faire is considerably more than know-how. And what would Henry Kissinger do without détente...
...chewing lot. (In the previous race, three women drivers wore flesh-tight pink suits, and three males dressed as priests but got ticketed nonetheless.) The only out-of-the-way vehicle entered was a Travco mobile home with three drivers who, between turns at the wheel, were served soufflé Romano, fettucini and cannelloni by an Italian chef. They made the trip in 45 hr. 36 min. and celebrated with Chianti...
...complex equation of nuclear parity (TIME, July 1). "Nuclear agreements are not the core of this summit," said Presidential Chief of Staff Alexander Haig. "It's a terribly difficult subject. There is concern about the two sides going too far, too fast. We can't pull the soufflé out of the oven before it's ready...