Word: stirs
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...campaign has caused a stir in Mzuzu, but Malawi’s Home Affairs Minister Mojeza Maluza told news agencies that police would crack down on the leaflet’s author because it was causing “anarchy...
...notoriety as "the woman who jolted America," then lived quietly as a college professor in Gettysburgh, Pennsylvania. Rediscovered after Address Unknown was reissued, Taylor spent a happy year signing copies and giving interviews until her death in 1996 at age 93. Her slim, deft, 64-year-old attempt to stir a complacent America to the dangers brewing across the Atlantic sits today in bookstores around the world, often right at the checkout counter - a reminder that important messages can come in small envelopes...
...senior citizen leads a life as eventful as those of the women on The Golden Girls, it's Leni Riefenstahl. The director of aesthetically innovative Nazi propaganda films turned 100 last week, but she's still zippy enough to stir up controversy, most recently over who should play her in a movie about her life. A prominent name mentioned at one point was Jodie Foster, who was developing a now stalled project. Working on a competing film was director Paul Verhoeven, who reports that he communicated with Riefenstahl by mail and through the producer on the project. "The producer told...
Members of the German parliament don't usually create much of a stir outside Europe. But Hermann Scheer electrified a Washington audience last month with his gale-force enthusiasm. Nuclear fission and fossil-fuel burning amount to "global pyromania," he told a conference of environmental activists. "Renewable energy is the fire extinguisher." By mid-century, he asserted confidently, wind, solar and other renewables can snuff out all conventional energy sources...
...Nanjing's best kept secret is its crayfish, a freshwater crustacean that resembles a tiny lobster. Although stir-fried whole crayfish can be found in other cities, Nanjing's rich, savory version is unrivaled. They are spicy but not overly fiery, richly flavored but still fresh-tasting. Crayfish are messy to eat, however, so bring a stack of napkins. Then, as delicately as possible, bite off the head and tear open the shell. The snack is hugely popular: vendors sell it from large cast-iron woks on the street, takeout places offer it by the tray, and dozens of restaurants...