Word: snow
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...covered in bruises and lacerations. Yu was particularly alarmed when police repeatedly visited his home, urging him to hand over the battered corpse for immediate cremation. Fearing that the only proof he had of a possible murder would be reduced to ashes, Yu secretly buried the body in the snow-covered woods near his home. Even now, seven years later, he packs salt around the corpse several times a week to preserve the evidence. Whenever he heads to Beijing to petition for an investigation into her death, his son takes over the salting duties. Yu had planned...
...months of research for the novel, both in the library and auditing Reverend Peter J. Gomes’ “History of Harvard” course. His work pays off in the historical details that make Yard so captivating, like early students trudging across the yard in the snow to use outhouses, and President Eliot giving the crew team crimson neck ties—giving Harvard teams a name...
Donna Hay slips a silky panna cotta out of a ramekin and onto a snow white plate. A drizzle of espresso syrup and, snap, her food photographer gets the shot. Hay, still unsatisfied with the way it looks, studiously removes a drop of syrup with a Q-Tip. No wonder Martha Stewart once offered her a job. But the 34-year-old Australian, who oversees a Sydney-based multimedia lifestyle business that includes a magazine, best-selling cookbooks and an upcoming line of housewares, declined the homemaking maven's offer...
...perched in a sort of tennis umpire's chair, watching an old man named Isak (Joachim Calmeyer) doing his modest culinary chores. They're not allowed to talk; it would ruin the experiment's purity. But, of course, they do, these two lonesome men leading minimalist lives in the snow-shrouded countryside...
...streaked vivid pink as a team from the state?s Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment heads into state forest bordering the Wilderness World Heritage Area in Tasmania?s rugged Central Highlands. The logging road crosses the Nive River, running silver in the early light, and winds among snow gums covered in creamy blossoms. Plenty of ground cover makes this perfect devil country, home to a daily smorgasbord of wallabies and other treats. That?s why Mooney, scientific officer Billie Lazenby and conservation officer Andry Sculthorpe are here, hoping to catch enough devils to help them unravel the cancer...