Word: tartly
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...pleasures. The job of deputy chief requires her to help keep watch over one of TIME's most crucial bureaus. But her feel for day-to-day journalism ensures that she spends much of her time reporting and writing as well. And what writing. Carlson's flavorful prose, lucid, tart and funny, is the hallmark of a journalist who sees even the biggest stories in distinctly human terms. "Being a reporter in Washington is like talking across one big backyard fence," she says. "Congress, the White House, the people at the agencies -- they're always trading stories with each other...
After an initial tart response that Germany "will not be blackmailed," Bonn lapsed into silence. Germany's refusal to swap convicted criminals for kidnapped hostages is well known, and any second thoughts would undoubtedly be checked by pressure from Washington, especially since Mohammed Hammadi was convicted for his role in the 1985 TWA skyjacking, which resulted in the murder of U.S. Navy diver Robert Stethem. How critical the Hammadis will prove in any final settlement remains uncertain. While Hizballah has asserted that it wants the brothers back, it is possible that the demand is merely a noisy tactic designed...
...exotic root vegetables, eclipsing the now hackneyed blackened- everything cuisine that emanated from New Orleans in the early '80s. Bits of many cultures make up the local hybrid, including updated Latin, Italian and Oriental dishes. Grilling, influenced by Caribbean barbe, is an essential technique. Not-too-sweet, not-too-tart salsas, mojos and adobados based on local fruits are vital flavoring ingredients...
FOOD Vinegar is making a splash among the tart...
...bouncing. And Baldwin plays dumb and earnest in an engaging way. Basinger is something of a problem. She is a very self- absorbed actress who gives the impression of a woman trying to get in on a joke she does not quite understand. Watching her reminds one wistfully of tart, smart Michelle Pfeiffer in The Fabulous Baker Boys. But you can't have everything, and considering the difficulties of its creation, The Marrying Man is something: a comedy that bounces skittishly down a lane that memory has not traveled in a while. Maybe it's silly. But it does awaken...