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...them could be carried out without a real wok. My little sister visited me last spring and hauled along a suitcase of edibles, which included packets of dried herbs and berries prepared by my mother (and still sitting in my cabinet to this day). Shamefully, despite mastering made-from-scratch pasta sauce and somewhat authentic baklava, I had yet to prepare a proper Chinese meal when I left Boston this summer to spend a month at my boyfriend's home in Germany...
Kristol, Bill • Obama is called "arrogant" by, which is hilarious because, you know, there are those who'd say his predecessor was the walking - scratch that, strutting - embodiment of that particular adjective...
...paint an attractive picture of Songdo, the built-from-scratch Korean city that will be the greenest metropolis on Earth. Do you think something like this could happen...
When you took over, you were starting from scratch. We had a country that was really in a state of total collapse. The institutions were no longer functional, all the major productive activity had come to a halt, except for Firestone. [But] the war provided an opportunity for reform. The total collapse of everything is a big challenge. But it does provide an opportunity to change things. That's the kind of tough transition that we're going through right now. Part of it has to do with a change in the culture, moving from dependency to self-reliance, mediocrity...
...review? I think it is going well. We didn't start from scratch. We are using previous assessments that were done last fall and winter. And so what we are doing is bringing in a lot of smart people and letting them do their business. It allows us to bring talent to focus. It gives me time to take a look and not make any decisions before their time. But I think it is going to validate some things we are doing and will shape our thinking. I don't think we are going to open the 60-day plan...