Word: stirred
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Holocaust "revisionism" is not simply idiocy on an epic scale; it's not like saying that the French Revolution never happened or that the earth is flat. It is a blatant attempt to stir up anti-semitism. These monstrous lies are an insult to the memory of all those who were murdered in the camps--gays, Poles, gypsies and other social undesirables as well as Jews--but they are aimed at Jews. Behind the bogus footnotes lies a poorly disguised hatred...
...Asian cuisine -- as distinct from wok and stir-fry cooking -- is still ^ largely a dining-out rather than a domestic phenomenon. Some culinary sophistication is called for. "You can't just plop Asian ingredients into French food or vice versa," says Tower. "And some Western things shouldn't be touched; I wouldn't give up sauce bearnaise for the world...
...this year, in his fight with Congress over the Civil Rights Act, George Bush again tried to stir racial fears. He continually--and incorrectly--called the Act a "quota bill" that would require employers to hire unqualified job applicants...
Monarchs minister to the psyche as well as the polity; they give a focus for a country's collective libido. Americans don't need kings to stir our souls because we have attached our deepest feelings to the myths and documents of our founding: Paul Revere's ride and George Washington at Valley Forge; the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Democracies that lack such myths can be emotionally naked. A constitutional monarch supplies the mythic dimension in a convenient package. Winston Churchill, who was both a partisan pol and an ardent monarchist, believed that if defeated Germany...
Cobb estimated that in the average restaurant he reviews, his meal would have cost $7-9 for the shrimp, $1.25-1.50 for the soup, $5-6 for the tofu stir-fry, $1.25-1.50 for the cake, and extra for the roll, salad bar and drinks. That adds up to at least $15 and probably closer to $20 for the entire dinner, if he had bought each item separately...