The architecture of the Gardner Palace is indeed a smorgasbord. There is a little of everything. What makes it an improbable masterwork is the power of Gardner’s imagination… Renzo Piano, the architect of the Gardner’s new wing… had to figure out how you add to the amazing original.
China's pattern of political oppression and commercial effervescence poses a problem for the West. How should the free world deal with it?
The legal agreement barring Britney Spears from managing her own life is older than the pop star was when she first appeared as an effervescent 12-year-old on the Disney Channel and controversy is starting to boil.
Scottish architect, designer and artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh was born #onthisday in 1868. He and his wife Margaret were leading exponents of the Glasgow Style that grew out of The Glasgow School of Art in the 1890s. Their bold work influenced design across Europe. This effervescent watercolour was made by the couple in 1925 when they had moved to the south of France http://ow.ly/3JRS30coSMY
13 April offers a veritable smorgasbord of literary laureates, as Samuel Beckett (1906) and Seamus Heaney (1939) were both born #onthisday.
Hero of the heroic couplet John Dryden also became the first English poet laureate on 13 April 1668. Here’s a fair copy of his first major poem, written after the death of Oliver Cromwell.
“If you try to attack Heidi, you’re more of a coward than I thought.”
Coca Cola's New Year ad upset Russia and Ukraine. We ask how they…
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In 1963, she took thousands of photographs of Cuba as it fizzed with rebellion. But the grande dame of French cinema hid them away in a box, consigning them to history – until now
Encouraging people to drink less soda will save taxpayer dollars. But it will be difficult
Some estimates suggest the results of half of clinical trials are never published. These missing data have, over several decades, systematically distorted perceptions of the efficacy of drugs, devices and even surgical procedures. And that misperception has sometimes harmed patients http://econ.st/1CSjyx4
The wondrous paradox of “Irrational Man,” and Woody Allen’s later career, is that his breezy effervescence now gets a toehold on the most troubling speculative realms.
The irrationality of “Irrational Man” lies in the director‘s faith in the ordinary, a theme that is not entirely new to his work.
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"In my experience, in both journalism and publishing it is women who are most encouraged to reach inside themselves, pull out their guts and slap them unadulterated on the page" via Comment is free
CEO Daniel Birnbaum is frank about his mission to fizz up the duopoly that is the multi-billion-dollar global carbonated drinks market.
The Italian province of Brescia, east of Milan, has come up with an idea to reduce the number of plastic bottles being thrown away, while still satisfying people’s need to drink fizzy and chilled water -- they’ve created ‘watering points’ or public fountains. A Frizzy, Fizzy Welcome to the Untamed ’60s By BEN BRANTLEY This emotionally rich revival delivers what Broadway otherwise hasn’t felt this season: the intense, unadulterated joy and anguish of that bipolar state called youth.
Bright gold in color, it has more weight and body than Pommery's traditional light and delicate nonvintage champagne, with a rich toastiness and subtle earthy elements that make it the perfect celebratory holiday fizz during this chilly season. It also boasts the added benefit of working extremely well with rich, festive foods.
No More "Last Meals" on Texas Death Row
White supremacist's smorgasbord was last straw.
smorgasbord
[smɔ'ːrgəsbɔ`ːrd]
[名][U][C]
1 バイキング料理.
2 寄せ集め, ごた混ぜ
a smorgasbord of ...様の…. ［古ノルド語］
Smörgåsbord, Swedish buffet.
Smörgåsbord (Swedish: [ˈsmœrɡɔsˌbuːɖ](listen)) is a type of Scandinavian meal served buffet-style with multiple dishes of various foods on a table, originating in Sweden.[1] In Norway it is called koldtbord, in Denmark it is called det kolde bord, in Finlandseisova pöytä and in Estoniarootsi laud. Smörgåsbord became internationally known as Smorgasbord at the 1939 New York World's Fair when it was offered at the Swedish Pavilion's "Three Crowns Restaurant."[2] It is typically a celebratory meal and guests can help themselves from a range of dishes laid out for their choice. In a restaurant, the term refers to a buffet-style table laid out with many small dishes from which, for a fixed amount of money, one is allowed to choose as many as one wishes.
supremacist (sʊ-prĕm'ə-sĭst) n.
One who believes that a certain group is or should be supreme.
fizz(PRODUCE GAS)Show phonetics verb[I] If a liquid fizzes, it produces a lot of bubbles and makes a continuous 's' sound: I could hear the champagne fizz as he poured it into my glass.
fizz noun[U] 1bubbles of gas in a liquid
2UK INFORMALa fizzy drink, especially champagne: Who'd like some fizz?
fizziness noun[U]
fizzy adjective having a lot of bubbles: fizzy orange/mineral water
1(Especially of food or drink) having no inferior added substances; pure:unadulterated whole-milk yogurt
2 Not mixed or diluted with any different or extra elements; complete and absolute:
pure, unadulterated jealousy
unadulterated
adj.
Not mingled or diluted with extraneous matter; pure. See synonyms at pure.
Out-and-out; utter: the unadulterated truth.
There are 2 definitions of spill in English:
spill1
Line breaks: spill
Pronunciation: /spɪl/ VERB (past and past participle spilled or spilt)
[WITH OBJECT]
1Cause or allow (liquid) to flow over the edge of its container, especially unintentionally:you’ll spill that tea if you’re not carefulFIGURATIVEazaleas spilled cascades of flowers over the pathways
1.1 [NO OBJECT] (Of liquid) flow over the edge of its container:
some of the wine spilled on to the floorFIGURATIVElight spilled into the room from the landing
1.2(With reference to the contents of something) empty out or be emptied out on to a surface:[WITH OBJECT]:the bag fell to the floor, spilling out its contents[NO OBJECT]:passengers' baggage had spilled out of the hold
1.3[NO OBJECT, WITH ADVERBIAL OF DIRECTION] (Of a number of people) move out of somewhere quickly:students began to spill out of the building
1.4(In the context of ball games) drop (the ball).
1.5Sailing Let (wind) out of a sail, typically by slackening the sheets.
2INFORMALReveal (confidential information) to someone:she ought not to be spilling out her troubles to you
3 Cause to fall off a horse or bicycle:
the horse was wrenched off course, spilling his rider
NOUN
1A quantity of liquid that has spilled or been spilt:wipe up spills immediately
1.1An instance of a liquid spilling or being spilt:he was absolved from any blame for the oil spill
2A fall from a horse or bicycle.
3Australian A vacating of all or several posts in a cabinet or parliamentary party to allow reorganization after one important change of office.
Origin
Old Englishspillan 'kill, destroy, waste, shed (blood'); of unknown origin.
listen)) is a type of Scandinavian meal served buffet-style with multiple dishes of various foods on a table, originating in Sweden.[1] In Norway it is called koldtbord, in Denmark it is called det kolde bord, in Finland seisova pöytä and in Estonia rootsi laud. Smörgåsbord became internationally known as Smorgasbord at the 1939 New York World's Fair when it was offered at the Swedish Pavilion's "Three Crowns Restaurant."[2] It is typically a celebratory meal and guests can help themselves from a range of dishes laid out for their choice. In a restaurant, the term refers to a buffet-style table laid out with many small dishes from which, for a fixed amount of money, one is allowed to choose as many as one wishes.
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