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...don’t worry. If Giuseppe is still here, you’ll be okay.” He pointed to a gangly 20-year-old stuffing his face with a day-old cornetto. Giuseppe waved, and the powdered sugar stuck to his puffed cheeks blew into the wind. The chef handed me a double-breasted uniform when I showed up that night for the dinner shift. After a brief tour of the kitchen, he introduced me to the other cooks in the kitchen. There was one person on each station—antipasti, primi, secondi, and dolci?...
...cars could also help the development of renewable power, all the more important since a proliferation of electric cars would alter the national pattern of carbon emissions - the utility sector would take on the emissions that once belonged oil-based transport. While a power grid fueled by solar or wind would be clean, one of its key drawbacks is that it would also be intermittent - if the sun were shaded or the wind failed to blow, we wouldn't have power. Likewise, if solar or wind produced more power than the grid could use, that excess power might simply...
...ensures bank deposits up to $100,000. (And up to $250,000 for IRAs and certain other retirement accounts held at FDIC-insured banks.) If you have more than $100,000 in deposits at a single bank, well, congratulations. But you probably want to spread it around. Sometimes people wind up over the FDIC limit simply because banks merge. Bank of America, to take a prime example, started its acquisition binge long before Countrywide and Merrill Lynch. Inertia prevents plenty of people from opening up new accounts elsewhere. Now might be a good time to do that...
...about 8 a.m. now and the rain is pounding us. The wind is still raging, but the water is falling down, not sideways, and the jet engine sounds are quieter and less frequent. We're nearing the end of hurricane force winds downtown...
...even six stories up we're worried about the rain. The wind is preventing the water on the balcony from draining, or maybe the drains are full. Whatever the cause, the water is building up. Another inch or so and it will be coming in under the sliding door. Mayor White is on TV, asking everyone to conserve water, as one of the critical pumps is down. We have water in garbage cans, flower pots, all the kitchen pots and pans and anything else that could hold liquid. My dad wanted to make sure we could flush the commodes...