Word: spectacularness
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...that opulence must avoid ostentation. The clear soup arrived, an important kaiseki moment. When we lifted the lacquer lids, an aromatic tsunami swept us away. Matsutake mushrooms! Pairing the first fall mushrooms with the last summer hamo, or conger eel, pinpointed the season exactly. The sashimi course was a spectacular return to Indian summer. It was served not on priceless china but on a dewy lotus leaf, which unfurled to reveal two slices of raw sea bass, another couplet of fatty tuna and a torigai clam on crushed ice. More fresh leaves covered the hassun, a tray containing a medley...
...Harvard, those bunches came in the fourth. Two full weeks of rest and a season on the line inspired the Crimson to arguably its best quarter of the season.Freshman Bret Voith singlehandedly torched the Blue Jays defense, scoring three of the last four goals of the game, including a spectacular display of strength where he broke away from a defender and successfully launched a point-blank shot to give Harvard an 8-6 lead.“Voith just took over,” Farrar said. “He had some great working-class, blue-collar type of goals...
That's right: there's a company for every five residents in quaint little Zug and the compact canton that surrounds it. These companies' executives are no doubt impressed by the same attractions that lure tourists in summer and winter alike: the town's spectacular lakeside setting with the Alps towering in the distance. But there are also good business reasons to set up shop in Zug. It offers some of the lowest tax rates available in any stable democracy. And its laws protecting residents' financial privacy are among the strictest on the planet...
...Biega buried a one-timer for a 1-0 lead. One goal was all Richter would need. Whenever the Engineers threatened, Richter had an answer, from the more mundane—swallowing the puck after a flurry of shots during a Rensselaer 5-on-3—to the spectacular, an across-the-body glove save late in the second period. “It’s a group effort,” Richter said. “The [defensemen] are really helping me out, letting me see shots, clearing rebounds, and I’ve got to give...
...tree that his big brother happened to be perched in. Momma Claus (Kathy Bates) is the same kind of ego-destroyer as Steve Carell's mother is in Dan in Real Life. Her ragging on Fred, while Nick becomes a hero to children every December, leads Fred to spectacular resentment.? In a scene that's way too "ouch" for a PG comedy, grown-up Nick says, "You hate me," and grown-up Fred replies, "I don't hate you, Nick. I just wish you were never born." Later, Nick sends Fred a note: "I'm sorry I cut down your...