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...bistro, sharing divine sole meuničre. "What should I do?" she asks him, just one of many moments when Streep's channeling of Child's speech patterns caused me to yelp with pleasure. She ends up at Le Cordon Bleu cooking school and discovers, triumphantly, that she has talent for it. She's also very pleased to defy the expectations of the Cordon Bleu's snooty director (Joan Juliet Buck), who didn't believe an American housewife stood a chance in this mostly male arena. Soon Julia and two of her new French friends are toiling away on the cookbook...
...romantic lottery but was still seeking - not fame or importance but a way to be useful, and to share. She was modern in the best sense of the word. Julie & Julia is structured around the idea of two women "finding" themselves, but in its examination of the way talent, hard work and ambition are doled out in unequal measures to different women - both ultimately successful - it's got an undercurrent of All About Eve. This is a charming crowd pleaser, but it's also surprisingly bold. Ephron has varied her usual moviemaking recipe, proof that Julia Child still inspires...
...their then NL-West division, before making their turnaround in ’91. Perhaps the “aughts” are the ’80s for the Padres and they’ll be turning the ship around in the teens. They certainly have the young talent to do that. Guys like Adrian Gonzalez, Kevin Kouzmanoff, and Chase Headley provide some pop in the lineup, assuming the Padres can hold onto them. Tony Gwynn, Jr. sure is a chip off the old block, maintaining a formidable average, but only boasting one homerun. The pitching needs a boost...
...combing Texas public records to assess Pikett's impact on other cases. In the meantime, the Innocence Project of Texas study is being supported by canine-law-enforcement experts who, while not going so far as to call dog-scent evidence junk, fear that misapplication of the undisputed canine talent for recognizing smells will discredit good cases along with the bad. (See pictures of a real-life hotel for dogs...
...decades, foreign universities have been an integral part of India's higher education. Whiz kids across the country with the financial means have left for highly regarded global universities to study. Many never return, taking both their tuition money and their talent overseas. More than 160,000 students are currently studying in schools in the U.S., Australia, Britain and elsewhere. Over 100,000 pack up and head to study abroad every year, spending $7 billion on tuition and housing. (See the 25 best back-to-school gadgets...