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...cuisine is not haute, but it is plentiful and fresh, based largely on fish and pork?though the little-traveled Minho region in the far north, the so-called Garden of Portugal, produces tender beef and the celebrated vinho verde. A good three-course meal for two with wine costs $20 or less in better-than-average restaurants...
...principle actors, however, demonstrate a full range of emotions and constitute fully-credible characters. Peter Stein captures the essence of the ancient Captain Shotover who drinks "to keep sober" and displays beneath his pachydermatous appearance a tender heart and all the wisdom of the playwright himself. Although Shotover is the ultimate source of chaos, confusing Mazzini Dunn for Billy Dunn, ignoring the arrival of his long-lost daughter Lady Ariadne Utterword and spewing forth random comments as he wanders aimlessly on and off the stage, the Captain is the only one who remains oblivious to the frenzy of Heartbreak House...
...while Reardon squirmed, President Bok groaned and Frank McLaughlin experienced internal ecstasy, McGuire, in his own style, hit home at Harvard's dilemma. He opened a tender wound, telling everyone who was busy spooning his chocolate mousse that not even Harvard can pretend to improve its athletics without facing up to the difficulties...
Next to the entrees, most anything would have tasted pretty good. Such was the case with the succulent side dish of baby carrots lightly cooked in butter and tender cauliflower...
...might look like we liked those courses better and the other professors might get offended." It begins to sound as though the committee is coddling sulking preschoolers, not working with distinguished adult scholars. The committee should place the Core's welfare--secured by encouraging broad discussion--above professors' tender egos...