Word: dal
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This was not the first time an onlooker had launched a dangerous object at Berlusconi. Five years ago, Roberto Dal Bosco was visiting the historic Piazza Navona when he happened upon a small crowd gathered around the Prime Minister on an afternoon stroll. Dal Bosco threw his tripod at Berlusconi, who suffered minor shoulder injuries. But after receiving a letter of apology, Berlusconi publicly forgave his attacker...
...recent weeks, getting the word out in such places as Columbus, Ohio, and Charleston, S.C., by placing big stickers on the front page of local newspapers. The ads begin, "Due to losses caused by Bernie Madoff," and then detail such treasures as original art by Peter Max, Salvador Dalí and Norman Rockwell - as well as Rolex watches and "other flashy items" - that are to be sold to "recover losses from Ponzi scheme." Trouble is, it's hard to tell whether any of the merchandise at these auctions was owned by Madoff or those he ruined...
...gain - to whatever extent - may not translate easily into Modi's gain. Potential coalition partners are nervous about Modi, who has refused to apologize for the 2002 massacres. BJP allies like the Janata Dal (United) of Bihar, who want to reach out to Muslims, fear that such a stance will not go down well with the Indian electorate. Modi may be trying to make himself more acceptable to a wider audience. Since the Gujarat elections of 2007, Modi has been trying to paint himself as the able administrator who has brought progress and prosperity to Gujarat. The Supreme Court ruling...
...outdoor display of typical Indian sweets, Mashoor's, tel: (66-2) 635 2211, is run by Dan Bahadu, who calls himself Nepali though raised in Burma. The treat here is the laphet thoke, or Burmese tea-leaf salad, a wonderfully pungent mélange of pickled leaves, fried yellow dal, chilies and tomatoes. (See pictures of high-tea in Malaysia...
...cooking techniques that featured ingredients used by dining hall chefs. The menu: delicata squash with browned butter and sage (Harvard consumed 44,000 pounds of squash this semester, according to Kessel), brown rice pancakes with a citrus salsa (dining halls usually serve the pancakes with soy sauce), a lentil dal with locally distributed curry powder, and a vegetable lasagna (the only menu item that is not available in HUDS dining halls). “Almost everything you saw we would probably serve in the dining hall,” Kessel said. He added that HUDS chooses menu items based...