Word: whips
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Soon sheets of rain whip against the plane's windows, dissolving the reassuring sight of the wings. On the radar screen in front of my seat, the red of the eyewall--the circle of turbulent storms that surrounds a hurricane's eye--grows thicker and more menacing. "The red fingers of death," pilot Mike Silah jokes grimly, and as if on cue, the plane--a Lockheed WP-3D Orion operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)--starts to pitch, roll and yaw, a small boat at the mercy of giant, invisible waves. I tighten the straps...
Yeah, I think I wanna teach her how to cook. Just in case somebody comes over, Paris, you can whip this up for them. I can make sauce in 20 minutes, and it's good sauce. Simmering is important, but if you've got a date, you don't have time to simmer...
...questions of image and identity can find encouragement in the message of Genesis 1: 27: "So God created people in his own image." That biblical quotation is projected on the screen, which also features an icon of a smiling cartoon Catwoman sporting purple tights, a feather boa and a whip...
DIED. WILLIAM MITCHELL, 92, food scientist who accidentally invented Pop Rocks, the exploding candy that burst onto the market in 1975; in Stockton, Calif. During 35 years as a chemist for General Foods, he patented more than 70 inventions, including concoctions that led to the development of Cool Whip, quick-set Jell-O gelatin and the drink mix Tang. In the 1950s, while attempting to create an instant soft drink, he discovered Pop Rocks when he placed sugar flavoring mixed with carbon dioxide on his tongue...
...flavor with warm Greek bread and a glass of dry white wine. One of the best places to sample the dip is at the grapevine-covered Sholarheion on 14 Tripodon Street, tel: (30-210) 324 7605, in the less touristy section of the Plaka district. If you want to whip up your own batch back home, skin a baked eggplant while it's still fairly hot, then mash it up with a dash of lemon juice and a cup of extra virgin olive oil - Greek, natch; mix in some grated raw onion, two cloves of garlic, parsley, vinegar and some...