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...village of Saulieu. He transformed French cooking with his cuisine ? l'eau style, which uses water to bring out flavors and eschews the French weakness for cream and butter. In 1991, Michelin granted him his third star at last. Business shot up by 60%. And still, the sparkle thrown off by the three étoiles was not quite enough. "Bernard was pretty much a manic depressive," says Chelminski. He once told a fellow chef he would kill himself if he lost a star. "All these exceptional beings who give you the impression of so much assurance, they...
...Army that has known nothing but victory for several decades. There are sure of their own abilities and incredibly proud of the soldiers they lead. When asked about what they expect in a fight with the Iraqi army they are, to a man, certain that they can annihilate anything thrown at them. This is not a boast. It is a certainty that comes after thousands of hours in training that is, in many ways, more demanding then actual...
...floor plans might reveal additional space for cardio machines like the balcony overlooking the basketball courts. Finally, a quick glance at the cardio signup sheets shows that while the ellipticals and treadmills are always taken, other equipment mostly sits idle; some of that dead weight should be thrown out to make more room for the more popular machines...
...Hizballah is certainly a menacing terrorist group with a known track record of brutal attacks all over the world. The organization's American victims in Lebanon range from Navy diver Robert Stethem - his murdered body was thrown out the window of a TWA airliner in a 1985 hijacking in Beirut - and CIA station chief William Buckley the same year, to 241 killed in a 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine headquarters that led Ronald Reagan to withdraw U.S. forces from Lebanon. The group was also blamed for lethal 1990s bombings of Jewish targets in Argentina - showing that its deadly reach...
...small and even heroic ways, officials across the country have thrown themselves into roles as the country's new defenders. Officials in rural Hardin County, Ohio, purchased a portable decontamination shower and are planning to simulate a terrorist-sponsored train derailment to test the danger posed to the area's local chemical facilities. In Iowa, state officials have held eight-hour seminars with farmers on the possibility of "agroterrorist" attacks on the food supply...