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...Lidia Bastianich for the first time about a year ago (see The Matron Saint of Pasta and Risotto con Aragosta), she told me Del Posto would be open by summer 2005. Then it was October, then November, and on and on. At some point I stopped asking; the tension over construction costs and delays was obvious. Batali has a staggering array of national ventures to push this year-a partnership with NASCAR (for whom Batali has written a tailgating cookbook, to be published in April), his lines of cookware and packaged foods, three (three!) new restaurants in Las Vegas, another...
...What the hell happened?” “You know, it’s a long and complicated story that I expect that I’m not in the position to objectively assess at this point,” Summers responded. Summers cited tension with the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which he called “such a central faculty” at the University, as his reason for resigning. But the president said he felt he had a good rapport with undergraduates and productive working relationships with faculty in the professional schools during his tenure...
...cricket. England's win over Australia last year drew "the highest levels of public interest in cricket in a generation," according to Deloitte's Sports Business Group, with 7.7 million viewers in Britain?40% of its total TV audience?and millions more around the world. The easing of political tension between India and Pakistan has also allowed the two great South Asian rivals to play each other three times since 2004. Technology has played a part, too. Stump-mounted mini-cameras, computer graphics to predict a ball's trajectory and touch screens that allow commentators to write their analysis across...
...else, a game fueled by pure adrenaline,” said Bell, who is a former Crimson sports executive. Describing his objective as “playing the pumpingest jock jams I can possibly fill this room with,” Bell put together a playlist that kept the tension in the room at a fever pitch. “Anything to pump that adrenaline.” Eventually the tournament whittled its way down to the final three. Falling just one four-token chain short of the championship match, second runner-up Joshua D. Samuelson...
...fact that I get to teach courses that mesh with my research interests makes life very pleasant,” says Miron, whose current interests include libertarian economics, crime, recycling, global warming, and terrorism. “You don’t have this tension of ‘should I focus on research or teaching’—the two are almost one and the same...