Word: staling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stories in Strange Pilgrims are remarkable stylistically as well as thematically. As Garcia Marquez narrates in his preface, these stories had a gestation of almost twenty years. This long travail might have made his ideas stale, but instead they seem surprisingly fresh and unaffected. Garcia Marquez's touch is lighter and more collected than in his landmark novels, his style more restrained and assured. Gone is some of his characteristic flamboyance. He almost appears to liberate himself from the magical realism which he left as legacy and burden to the writers of Latin America. He veers towards surrealism at times...
After five straight overtime contests and a long 4-7-3 season with all the emotional satisfaction of a slice of stale buttered bread, the Harvard field hockey team finally put forth one of its best efforts and closed out the season yesterday with a win over Brown in Providence...
Director Penelope Spheeris previously turned several five minute Saturday Night Live skits into "Wayne's World," a movie which simultaneously satirized, defined and influenced the 90's teen culture. In this movie, she seems completely unable to get beyond the shallow, the obvious, and the stale...
...desserts are almost equally accomplished. The Italian cheese cake is smooth, quite smooth--much better than the Chocolate Suicide cake, which was rich but slightly stale. The tirami su, served in a wine glass stuffed with strawberries, is simply exquisite. The espresso flavor is there, but not enough to knock you out, and the lady fingers and cream are pleasantly light. Says Trey, "The bottom piece, dripping with espresso, was a fitting way to end the meal." Says Adam, "Ditto...
Anyone who has ever said that dinner is the most unappetizing meal served by the Harvard University Dining Service obviously never gets up in time for breakfast. Large hunks of eggs of dubious backgrounds. Noodles laden with fat and other unappetizing substances. Stale peach muffins. Hash browns hashed beyond recognition. Maypo (whatever that...