Word: croissant
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...love the discounts," says Keys, a self-proclaimed music enthusiast. "And I was sick of having to serve somebody a croissant or a cup of coffee and have them give me attitude...
...striped umbrellas and concrete chess tables of Au Bon Pain, the invariable meeting place for a night out. I drank numerous oily cups of Peet's Coffee, pretending that I was a tortured poet in a proverbial coffee house. I even developed a taste for their tuna croissant-wiches. I have good memories of ABP; it wasn't until college that it started to make me cringe...
...striped umbrellas and concrete chess tables of Au Bon Pain, the invariable meeting place for a night out. I drank numerous oily cups of Peet's Coffee, pretending that I was a tortured poet in a proverbial coffee house. I even developed a taste for their tuna croissant-wiches. I have good memories of ABP; it wasn't until college that it started to make me cringe...
...fans as young as 12 who can rattle off jazz history, whereas "kids back home don't even know who Billie Holiday is." Still, he hopes to move back to the States, describing the European scene as ultimately limiting. "Jazz belongs to Americans," he says. "You want a real croissant, you go to Paris, but you want a real pizza, you go to New York, you go to Chicago." Sticklers and Neapolitans might take issue with his analogy, but grant Smith--a real deal himself--a pass...
...time to get at Deng. He had scorned some of her extreme efforts to "reform" Chinese culture, such as turning traditional opera into perfervid propaganda spectacles. "I support wholeheartedly that Beijing opera should be reformed," he said. "But I just do not feel like watching these plays." The croissant lover who had once commented that no one could be truly civilized without having dined out was despised by radicals. His feline remark became evidence against him. Along with fascism, treason and a raft of other crimes, Deng was accused by some Red Guards of promoting...