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...children, so there was a big meal to be prepared every night. I can remember, when I was about nine, my mother making me stir the custard and saying, "Watch what you're doing, Margaret. Make sure it doesn't curdle, and it's ready when it coats the spoon." It was Mother who really made me aware of the details...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Margaret Fulton | 3/17/2004 | See Source »

...HUDS Director of Marketing and Communications Alix McNitt said that nutrition cannot be spoon-fed to students because individual eating habits vary. “We do not want to presume we know what’s best,” she said. “Food means different things to different people, and we’re trying to offer a range of things throughout the month that will have an appeal to everyone...

Author: By Wendy D. Widman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HUDS Serves Up Low-Fat Meal | 3/11/2004 | See Source »

Senator, though not, in fact, a real person, is a typical member of Billionaires for Bush (B4B), an “exclusive” club that, as its website claims, helps to “counterbalance the overwrought concerns that are spoon-fed to voters about tax fairness, clean elections, global justice and environmental problems.” A strong supporter of George W., Senator, much like the other members of the club, will tell you that she joined to help those politicians who will keep her comfortable lifestyle unchanged for years to come. B4B chapters are springing...

Author: By Alka R. Tandon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Billionaires for Bush | 3/4/2004 | See Source »

...tight, hook-filled and melodic. And when so many terrible voices rise to fame for the sake of their uniqueness, it’s nice to hear a traditional rock singer who can actually sing with confidence. The influence of conventionally gifted rock bands like The Wrens and Spoon is all over the place. The band seem to genuinely want to put together an album showing their deep association with everything that stands for indie rock today. Carnival casio synth, unexpected drum machine beats, interweaving vocal lines and stupid lyrics they probably regard as esoteric make it seem they might...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW MUSIC | 2/20/2004 | See Source »

...heave his manhood--and his genes--like a tiny torpedo into the female. Once implanted, the male organ serves as a built-in sperm bank. Similarly, the male anglerfish burrows into the belly of its much bigger mate and becomes a permanent, parasitic testicle. The female green spoon worm inhales the tiny male, who then resides in the androecium ("little man house"), a nook in the reproductive tract from which he fertilizes eggs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Animal Attraction | 1/19/2004 | See Source »

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