Word: vacuums
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...also the warm, seraphic beams accorded to individuals who walk a righteous path. People generally don't ask Li to do flying kicks or the wushu horse stance for the camera these days. They don't even want his autograph much. What they want to do, amid the moral vacuum of modern China, is feed off the aura of a man preaching compassion and civic duty. When Li takes the rostrum, he reminds people of a time before land grabs, kickbacks and beatings - of a China in which people were not counterfeiting, short-changing, corner-cutting, milk-adulterating hucksters...
...molecular technique poised to hit home kitchens is sous vide, in which meat is vacuum-sealed and poached at a very low temperature, producing supermoist and flavorful dishes. In December, Thomas Keller, who has two three-star restaurants, will publish Under Pressure (Artisan; $75), which offers sous vide recipes just as a slew of home sous vide equipment hits store shelves. The future is almost here. Start making counter space for the antigriddle...
...presence of U.S. troops after the U.N. mandate governing their mission expires at the end of this year. If an agreement is not reached, or a new U.N. mandate not issued, U.S. troops may be confined to their bases as of January, raising the specter of a possible security vacuum. (See pictures of U.S. troops' 5 years in Iraq...
...presented with a sinister portrait of a family dissolving before our very eyes, and what we see is a world turning in on itself and collapsing into the vacuum of oblivion. What remains is the proof that the very notion of self-identity is a sham. The only thing missing from this ambitious interpretation of Mac Wellman’s play “The Hyacinth Macaw”—is subtitles. Yes, they would have been much appreciated.Director Marcus Stern, an Associate Director at the American Repertory Theatre, oversaw the play’s original 1994 production...
...calorie count cards as a terrible idea at the outset. First of all, the cards were often riddled with errors. Don’t get me wrong, I would love to believe that fried potato wedges are rendered void of calories in the magical vacuum of Annenberg, but when one regularly encounters such fabulous claims they become increasingly difficult to believe. Furthermore, they were often gauged in ridiculous units—14 ounces of pita bread, anyone...