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...staff position is correct: the man hanging a Confederate flag in his window is indulging in a legitimate but insensitive form of speech. But his intentions--pure or otherwise--have no relevance to this issue...
...indeed. Roger Berkowitz, co-owner of the highly regarded Legal Sea Foods restaurants in the Boston area, has become a convert to microwaving shrimp and lobsters at home, though he warns that "you have about ten seconds to leave the room, or you see their claws hit the oven window." Both microwave-oven size and New England tradition militate against applying this technique in his restaurants. As Berkowitz puts it, "How do you tell someone, 'I just nuked your lobster...
...seemingly insatiable appetite for polls arises because they satisfy so many editorial needs. In times of uncertainty they offer apparent objectivity and precision. On otherwise slow news days they track the excitement of public opinion on the march. ("Watch out! Here comes 'Big Mo.' ") They promise a window into private thoughts without the inconvenience of intimacy. And, in a world of ten-second sound bites and shrinking news stories, poll-derived graphics can be wonderfully concise...
After police raided the gang's headquarters, seizing weapons and arresting four 5th Streeters, the nightmare began. A Molotov cocktail cracked Rodriguez's bedroom window; gang members marauded nightly through the * neighborhood; a suspect's father and his cronies camped out on Rodriguez's doorstep, screaming death threats. Squad cars always seemed to arrive after the tormentors had left. Rodriguez moved his children to the bedroom floor and pushed furniture against the windows. To protect his living room, he parked the family truck in the front yard and took up sentry duty by the front door...
Although it still has a beautifully raw natural setting, the Atlantic City which 30 years ago would have spent the spring sweeping its Boardwalk and polishing its wares is now a forgotten town whose only visible outdoor activity is that of window washers cleaning the tinted glass of TRUMP PALACE...