Word: toothlessness
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...royal passion: food. India's finest lamb dishes derive from Awadhi cuisine, the ultimate expression of which is the delicate Kakori kebab, a cigar-shaped delight produced in a hamlet of that name half an hour's drive from Lucknow. Local legend says it was created for a toothless prince, and it's easy to see why. Made from finely ground mutton, infused with cloves, cinnamon and other spices, the Kakori is so soft it just melts on your tongue. Slide your fork under the kebab and lift: it should be so delicate that only the section directly under...
...royal passion: food. India's finest lamb dishes derive from Awadhi cuisine, the ultimate expression of which is the delicate Kakori kebab, a cigar-shaped delight produced in a hamlet of that name half an hour's drive from Lucknow. Local legend says it was created for a toothless prince, and it's easy to see why. Made from finely ground mutton, infused with cloves, cinnamon and other spices, the Kakori is so soft it just melts on your tongue. Slide your fork under the kebab and lift: it should be so delicate that only the section directly under...
...platypus, on the other hand, while about as prolific as it was 200 years ago, has diminished over millions of years in number, spread and diversity. Now, Archer says, all that's left is "these toothless platypuses confined to a few river systems in eastern Australia." The animal's record reminds palaeontologists of that of the thylacines. Eight types used to roam the Riversleigh rainforests; the last type, the Tasmanian tiger, became extinct in the 1930s. "What we're saying," says Archer, "is, 'O.K., we failed that one. Let's learn from the thylacine. Don't take (the platypus...
Whether it be Nicole Kidman's or John Kerry's, these days it's most likely to come with a smile. The latter, we learn, is among 30% of the U.S. population who expose their canine teeth when they smile (67% form a toothless crescent shape); while women, unlike men, whose bodies secrete high levels of testosterone, are more likely to laugh. By book's end, the reader has become familiar with the nasolabial fold (the curving lines which form between the cheeks and upper lip) and the inner-workings of the smile, whose principal puppet master is the cranial...
Watchdog groups, on the other hand, say some of the changes imposed by Sox are toothless. When Congress was drafting the law, "the accounting firms worked hard to minimize its scope," says Barbara Roper of the Consumer Federation of America. Unlike the mutual-fund and securities industries, she says, "the accounting profession never really acknowledged that there was a serious problem with the way it did business...