Word: stirs
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...influence" other than hours spent hanging out in San Francisco cafés. So he stuffed the sandwiches with sprouts, served espresso drinks nine years before Starbucks did and kept himself open to new ideas. In California in the 1980s, they were everywhere. Early on, he added burritos and a stir-fry to the menu. He loved casual Asian-inspired restaurants like Spago and soon started spending some time each day developing new recipes with his best line cook...
...announced, with great fanfare, that hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean would headline the fall’s major campus concert. “We are confident that the HCC has it right this year,†we exclaimed at the time. “Wyclef will certainly stir significant interest.†Ultimately, however, the concert was an unmitigated failure. Ticket sales were so abysmal that the whole affair was called off less than a week beforehand, costing the UC more than $25,000 in lost deposits. A vaguely introspective campaign of self-flagellation followed...
...week later, 13 students in Science B-16, “The History of the Earth and Life,†taught by late professor of Geology Stephen J. Gould, were caught cheating on their take-home midterm and received zeros, according to a Crimson article.These incidents caused little stir on campus, but for some, they exposed a competitive atmosphere at the College that can push students to cheat in extreme circumstances.Bradford P. Stoner ’81, who was a pre-med student in Quincy House, says that he remembers a prevailing “intense concern?...
...stars seem aligned for this twenty-something author. Her debut novel has caused a stir in the publishing world, as well as in Hollywood. Her publisher, who acquired the book for a hefty sum against stiff competition, describes it as "a darkly hilarious coming-of-age saga," and the author as its "newest literary star." Publisher's Weekly called it a "stunning debut," giving the book a starred review: "Like its intriguing main characters, this novel is many things at once - it's a campy, knowing take on the themes that made 'The Secret History' and 'Prep' such massive bestsellers...
Brad Pitt didn't make it to the Cannes Festival - he is still with Angelina Jolie, awaiting the birth of their first child - but his film Babel made its own considerable stir in his absence. Pitt heads an imposing international cast in the new epic by director Alejandro González Iñárritu and screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga, who earlier collaborated on Amores Perros and 21 Grams...