Word: stew
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Chen family, the Pu Pu's owners, also runs the larger Taiwan Cafe on Broadway. Liu says the other restaurant carries the same kind of food, but also specializes in the Mongolian hot pot, a kind of vegetable-and-meat stew that is cooked in a large pot and then dipped in special sauce before eating. Liu says the dish is "typical in northern China during the winter...
...event about minority student interests (which non-minorities, of course, are encouraged to attend). But why couch Cultural Rhythms in the language of diversity? In the end note to this year's program, Counter tosses words like "race," "culture," "ethnicity," "cultural expression," "differences" and "sharing" into a PR stew that may taste good but satisfies no one with an appetite for deeper engagement of serious social issues...
...event about minority student interests (which non-minorities, of course, are encouraged to attend). But why couch Cultural Rhythms in the language of diversity? In the end note to this year's program, Counter tosses words like "race," "culture," "ethnicity," "cultural expression," "differences" and "sharing" into a PR stew that may taste good but satisfies no one with an appetite for deeper engagement of serious social issues...
...side." Tony LaRussa, his manager at both the A's and the Cardinals, says McGwire has a unique ability to "control his emotions, to stifle them." His best friend on the team, catcher Tom Lampkin, says McGwire "has such control on the mental side. He doesn't let things stew inside him. He puts a cap on it." So as McGwire shattered the most famous record in sports with 70 homers in a season, he didn't embrace the conflict; he transcended...
...children's book would be merely a paragraph of declarative sentences without the art: the most important part of the stew. Although there are as many illustration styles as there are ways to mess up a room, Wade Zahares' work looks fresh and sprightly, perhaps because this is his first book for kids. There's nothing to the story: a girl and her mom go to the city on a train and pass a whole lot of scenery (or window music). But the densely colorful, chalky pictures make the story a journey worth remembering. No wonder kids love trains...