Word: zest
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...West. In his second volume of memoirs, Henry Kissinger described Brezhnev's "split personality": he was "alternatively boastful and insecure, belligerent and mellow." Former West German Chancellor Willy Brandt thought that Brezhnev was "quasi-Mediterranean in his movements when he warmed to a conversation." Unquestionably, he had a zest for life. Until illness intervened, he smoked incessantly and drank vodka toast after vodka toast without showing so much as a sign of weakness. Richard Nixon was impressed, unfavorably, by Brezhnev's love of dirty jokes and his earthy humor, characteristics that Brezhnev shared with Khrushchev...
...Dayton last week rolled over a lethargic comeback bid by former Senator Eugene J. McCarthy, 66, en route to the Democratic nomination. Joked McCarthy: "I'm not going to ask for a recount." Durenberger, meanwhile, faced only token opposition in the Republican primary but also campaigned with tireless zest...
...subject in action at a national cable convention. "I watched him work a crowd and found the energy he brings to selling his product and himself even more overwhelming than I anticipated. You literally have to run to follow him around the room. Turner's enthusiasm generates a zest for life that made working on the story exciting...
Junior defense wing Katic Martin and freshman attack wing Lisa Black moved from the junior varsity for the Crimson against Yale, each competing in her first AIAW tournament and giving the Crimson's play some zest that had been missing earlier in the week...
Most cooks whom I know seem to think that a simple squeeze of lemon juice is the ultimate substitute for salt, and I find that naive. I do, of course, on occasion resort to lemon. But flavors that compensate, those that give special zest to foods, are beyond count. I prefer fresh herbs like parsley, tarragon, finely chopped garlic and fresh grated horseradish; spices Like curry and chili powders, powdered mustard (made into a paste with water), hot pepper flakes, a generous grinding of black pepper and sugar. Soy sauce, incidentally, is loaded with sodium, even a low-sodium...