Word: firmer
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...fish. Indian River soft-shell crabs and conch are year-round regulars on menus, as are pompano, dolphinfish, yellowfin tuna and lesser-known delicacies like wahoo and cobia, both meatier, more flavorful catches. There are endless variations on snapper -- yellowtail, mangrove, hog and mutton -- all of them sweeter, firmer and more tender than the red snapper shipped out of state...
...profits out of town and, if they are foreigners, out of the country as well. Even the tourist industry is starting to recognize that threatened treasures must be protected or business will not survive. As London's Daily Telegraph put it in an editorial, "Unless tourism is brought under firmer discipline, it will destroy itself. We think we are within measurable distance of killing the goose which lays the golden eggs...
...defense and economic links that would make them in effect another Finland. He could then say to other potential secessionists that, as members of the Union forged by Lenin, they do not meet those conditions. By cutting his losses with the Baltics, Gorbachev might be able to draw a firmer line around the Soviet heartland...
...make stock from the carcass, because the bones have an oily taste." At Le Bernardin, considered by many to be New York City's best fish restaurant, chef Eberhard Mueller draws a somewhat finer distinction. "Wild salmon is much better for a marinade, as in gravlax. It also stays firmer and has great intensity of flavor." He adds, "Farm-raised salmon is a very good product and is easy to work with. I can give you an exact recipe, and it will turn out a certain way. Wild salmon takes a little more experience to cook right." Even Charlie ! Trotter...
...departure from Washington for a two-month adjournment, Congress was looking for a firmer pledge that the Administration would not go to war as soon as the legislators left town. The next day, at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, Representative Gerry Studds asked Baker if he could offer assurances that the U.S. would not attack Saddam Hussein's forces without consulting Congress. "No," said Baker. Studds then observed that if he were a soldier, "I think I would put my helmet on." Baker replied, with a smile, "I think their helmets...