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...diplomat. The short game matters, though. Delors ended up stronger than his German and French promoters had intended; Prodi perhaps somewhat weaker. Given the challenges ahead, the new compromise candidate - whether Barroso or another dark horse - will need to demonstrate a formidable set of skills and a very thick political skin of he wants to go down as more of a Delors than a Prodi...
...sausage, a distinct salty flavor, and is rumored to be made of fish. (Just don't ask what part-explanations from Koreans range from "the fishy part" to a blunt "I don't know.") Another favorite, and one of less obscure provenance, is duk bok gi-rice noodles as thick as cigars, smothered in red pepper paste...
...June 1, 1937, the 26-year-old radio spieler strode into a $200-a-week contract at Warner Bros. His visible attributes: a golden smile; a long, lanky frame; a thick mane of dark hair, slicked back. But Reagan's most supple instrument was his voice. His Chicago Cubs play-by-play gig honed his ability to deliver dialogue with speed, assurance and conversational authority. Warner was a studio of fast-talking actors, but most of the men either sounded straight off the sidewalks of New York City (Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Pat O'Brien) or had acquired a well...
Less than 24 hours after dropping the second game in the series—with Hendricks himself blowing the save in a dreadful relief appearance—Harvard found its back firmly against the wall in the thick of a tense Red Rolfe division race. A single Crimson loss would clinch an Ivy League Championship berth for Dartmouth, and Coach Joe Walsh looked to his ace to be the stopper...
Especially important is the construction of a real student center in the thick of House life, which will finally provide students with a venue for inter-House social life outside of the final clubs. Student-run clubs will also benefit from more meeting space and larger venues to hold events outside of House restrictions. And with shiny new Houses just a stone’s throw across the river instead of a Tiger Woods drive up Garden Street, fear of getting “Allstoned” won’t keep first-year blocking groups up late at night...