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...Grimm's tales, most notably in the title story The Juniper Tree. A young mother dies and is buried under a juniper tree. The father remarries a woman who, greedy for his inheritance, kills his little son. She disposes of the body by cooking it in a stew that the father then eats. Little sister, who knows what is up, sadly buries the bones under the juniper. Magically, the boy is transformed into a gaudy bird who eventually kills the stepmother and then is reborn again...
Although there is frequent shelling, the soldiers were making the most of the area. Some Israelis were swimming in the canal, others were fishing. One group of soldiers guarding the bridge had prepared a delicious fish stew. How do you feel about being across the canal? I asked one of the men. "We'll get used to it," he replied jauntily...
...words leave his mouth. When the two lovers set up house in an abandoned shack, Miles beats a retreat to the suburban TV housewife stereotype. Reynolds only nibbles at dinner, and she runs from the dining room in tears. "I thought I put too much salt in the stew," she explains, the words muffled in the embrace...
...series of warehouses throughout the country sit cases and cases of canned lobster bisque, onion soup, lamb stew and various other delicacies-more than 2,000,000 cans in all-that may or may not contain deadly poison. They represent the entire stock of foods processed by Bon Vivant Soups Inc., which were seized by the Food and Drug Administration two years ago after a botulism-tainted Bon Vivant vichyssoise killed a New York banker...
...particularly in this country--is dying with the Vietnam war. Lenin's successor whispers friendly greetings in Nixon's ear, and announces solemnly that anyone who does not believe in the eternal coexistence of incompatible economic systems is insane. Kissinger goes back to Peking. The Democrats let the Republicans stew in their own juice. The Jefferson Airplane break up; the Carpenters pack the halls. Bobby Seale puts on suit and tie and runs for Mayor of Oakland. At least half of New York City's Democratic Party coalesces around its official candidate for mayor. Rennie Davis makes speeches...