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...every one of the first ten chosen is choice. Significant stretches of The Warlord and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star prove that Hong Kong comedy is a taste that can sour over time. The Teahouse (1974), with martial arts whiz Chen Kuan-tai doing little kicking but lots of glowering as a feisty restaurateur, makes a provocative political statement?that the local judiciary coddles young criminals?in a dawdling, slapdash manner...
...legacy. But in the end, even the President's nordpolitik came to seem flawed. North Korea's recent disclosure of a secret nuclear arms program drove a stake through his cherished policy of rapprochement. After gambling so much on North Korea's leader, Kim will leave office savoring the sour taste of betrayal...
...Johnson’s account, his relationship with Brooklyn College started to sour last fall...
...order two martinis (both $9.50)—a Green Goose (Grey Goose orange, Cointreau, splash of sour apple, sugar rim) and a Chocolate Cherry (Stoli vanilla, Kahlua, amaretto, crème de cocoa, dash of grenadine). We laud the smooth, mellow acidity of the first and are revolted by the cluttered confusion of the second. Vanilla, coffee, almond, chocolate and red fruits jostling for attention? What a garbled gimmick...
...more than 200 degrees Celsius, and, as I dodged the racks of rising breads, I quickly began to sweat. Paolo called me over to smell the sourdough sponge (the mixture which gives the bread its flavor) that’s been growing for years. “Not very sour, though,” he said. “The people here in Cambridge don’t like it too strong.” A truck pulled to the door, and a parade of men tramped in and out for an hour, sacks of flour on their backs...