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...Caspian, her eggs may wind up in the U.S. as Iranian or Russian beluga caviar worth $200 a pound. The good news is that federal aid, abetted by academic enterprise, private initiative and a dash of Iron Curtain intrigue, may soon put this exquisite fishy fudge on middle-income toast...
...serve wine, but "it's all twist-top," the steward explains. Smoking is banned in the dining car. Both breakfast servings produce perfectly cooked eggs any-style with a choice of grits and cream gravy, sausage, bacon, hash, broiled ham and, as a post-Atlantan flourish, exemplary French toast. All food is cooked on big old stoves fired by Presto Logs...
...coming downstairs. It was the first time I had ever seen him cry. He said, "The doctors are afraid the little darling is going to die." Just before we left, we went upstairs to see our brother. He had asked for one of his favorite dishes, tomato gravy on toast; we brought some up with us, and I remember how much he enjoyed it. Two days later he died. The doctor said that it was tubercular encephalitis...
Small Change. Taking in this new Truffaut is like leafing through a photoalbum of adorable kid pictures. Call this movie a funny, touching toast to the gameness of gamins. Settling into the day-to-day routine of a comfortable French provincial town, Truffaut introduces us, through loosely coordinated vignettes, to all the little grade school tykes and all their mischievous goings-on. This stuff could have become soupy, but Truffaut has retained a clever rascal's nose for stage-stealing devilry. (One example: the town detective's daughter refused to accompany her parents to a restaurant without a mangy...
...more basic reason for unrepairables is the recent proliferation and sophistication of appliances, some of which have complicated solid-state circuitry. The consumer today relies on powered handy-andies to perform the gamut of erstwhile manual chores: to carve, squeeze, blend, mix, whip, grind, toast, grill, simmer, brew, stew, waffle, percolate, fry, dry, polish, drill, sharpen, sweep, vacuum, brush, iron, comb, curl, open cans, close pores and answer the phone...