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...that 12 out of the total of 21 members of her government felt she had no chance of winning the second round against Heseltine. Even M.P.s who had voted for her the first time wanted to abandon her cause. To test the waters herself, Thatcher ventured into the Commons tearoom, a cavernous oak-paneled chamber. Settling comfortably into an armchair, she exhorted the Tory M.P.s who gathered around her to keep her in office. It was an extraordinary moment: rarely do Cabinet ministers, let alone Prime Ministers, mingle in the tearoom...
Virtually nothing deters members from attending meetings. In 1975, when Korea University was closed and occupied by soldiers trying to quell demonstrations, the club stayed open by moving its operations to a nearby tearoom. "The only time we stop reading TIME is during middle-term and final examinations," says faculty adviser Kang Sung Hack. Last month members even slogged through severe floods in Seoul in order to get together...
While there is likely some truth to the assertion, it is overly simplistic to attribute the arrests solely to pervasive homophobia. It seems just as likely that the motivation for the crackdown stems from a long history of using the Science Center bathroom as a "tearoom" for anonymous sex between gay men. These men have reportedly repeatedly made unwanted sexual overtures towards Harvard students and staff. It doesn't matter whether the propositions were heterosexual or homosexual--the University has a responsibility to keep such activity out of its restrooms...
...served upstairs at night. That seems to be the least successful fare, primarily because of overdone, often sweet garnishes -- oranges in an otherwise luscious lobster ! salad, a cloyingly sugary bed of sauteed onions overpowering the delicate Dover sole meuniere. Another problem at all meals in all rooms is the tearoom breads, delicious by themselves but poor as foils for wine, the satiny American smoked salmon and the elegant terrine of truffled duck liver. Other fine dinner appetizers were the silken lobster-filled ravioli with chanterelles and hazelnuts and a ragout of wild mushrooms. Among main courses, moist, roasted pheasant with...
Mentor to dozens of young and would-be food professionals, Beard was just right for the role of pioneering good, honest cooking when fanciness in the U.S. meant Fannie Farmer tearoom aberrations or their equally dismal counterparts, pseudo-Continental conceits. For Americans uninterested in food, he began the process of making its subtle pleasures accessible. For Americans overawed by Europe's haughty haute cuisine, he brought good news of the merits to be found in the U.S. culinary heritage...