Word: manifold
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...critic Ada Louise Huxtable says, "When it is good, New York is very, very good. Which is why New Yorkers put up with so much that is bad." Over the decades, Gothamites have evolved a hard-boiled, calculating approach to life that enables them to enjoy the city's manifold pleasures while minimizing its most egregious hassles. Says Brigette Moore, 19, a college student from Brooklyn's Sheepshead Bay section: "I wouldn't have wanted to grow up in any other city. I think people in other parts of the country are more limited. In New York you have...
...seem to like reading about food as much as eating it. About 700 cookbooks are spawned in the U.S. each year, now including several dozen devoted to the ever developing craft of microwaving. Is there no limit to their writers' ingenuity? Apparently not: witness the publication last October of Manifold Destiny. Subtitled The One! The Only! Guide to Cooking on Your Car Engine, this ho-ho-ho paperback, by Chris Maynard and Bill Scheller, contains recipes for 36 dishes, including Lead Foot Stuffed Cabbage (cooking distance: 55 miles), that can be heated on a V-8 while the auto...