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...some of the dishes in the new cookbook, which include mudslide pie made with Oreos and graham crackers.) But Batali's visits to NASCAR events to research the book revealed--not least to him--that his appeal transcends foodies or Italophiles. Last June, just before he threw the green flag at the NASCAR event at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa., tens of thousands of fans began to chant, "MOLTO! MARIO!"--a reference to Molto Mario, one of the five Food Network shows in which he has starred since 1996. NASCAR was impressed. "You have a certain image of chefs...
...demonstrators were also sparking other reactions, especially after they ignored the pleas of rally organizers to wave only American flags. There was the scene in Apache Junction, Ariz., in which a few Hispanic students raised a Mexican flag over their high school and another group took it down and burned it. In Houston the principal at Reagan High School was reprimanded for raising a Mexican flag below the U.S. and Texas ones, in solidarity with his largely Hispanic student body. Tom Tancredo, the Republican from Colorado who has become Congress's loudest anti-immigrant voice, said his congressional offices...
Winikates was among over a hundred flag-waving, sign-bearing enthusiastic upperclassmen who welcomed freshmen newly assigned to their houses at Annenberg hall yesterday...
...your hopes of a fulfilling life. But like the human appendix, this strange conceit remains, an evolutionary left-over from the time when people cared about where they lived. It’s important to realize that house pride is like Eastern European nationalism: a lot of slogans and flag-waving that mask an undercurrent of broken dreams. It’s true that every house has its pros and cons. Some, for example, serve grape juice (little known fact). Some houses have huge dogs (jackpot!), and some have aggravating children (miserable!). Currier has multiple TV-viewing areas...
...Turin, the speedskater has been flying from city to city, working for the charitable association Right to Play and doing three to five interviews a day.That’s not to mention all the praise and honors that have been heaped upon him.Since carrying the United States flag in the closing ceremony of the Games, Cheek has been given the U.S. Olympic Committee’s Spirit Award, appeared on the Wheaties box, and met with President Bush and House Democratic whip Nancy Pelosi.And his hometown of Greensboro, N.C., couldn’t be prouder of Cheek, declaring March...