Content tagged decades

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The Joy of Cooking: “Its breadth and pleasantness are unsurpassed. There is no better first cookbook, and it’s a trusted companion even for … gulfstream/846

This is messy: Hitomi Soga, kidnapped in Japan by North Korea two decades ago Korea, was recently permitted to visit Japan. She now wants  … gulfstream/965

I’ve wondered for a while what the statue of limitations was for; apparently, “their express purpose is to protect defendants from having to … gulfstream/1243

President Bush at Whitehall Palace: “We must shake off decades of failed policy in the Middle East. Your nation and mine, in the past, have … gulfstream/1353

Every page of the New Yorker on 8 (!) DVDs. If the search function is good, this might be worth getting. (Seems like the search is not full-text.) … gulfstream/1765

Quotes Collected

To the objection that little logic seemed to lie behind their choice of targets, the air commanders merely insisted that their real target was a concept--enemy … quotes/453

Over the decades, filibusters have done far more harm than good. In “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” Jimmy Stewart used one to save his Boy Rangers … quotes/405

In photography's early decades, photographs were expected to be idealized images. This is still the aim of most amateur photographers, for whom a beautiful … sontag/2

But the really serious pressure came from my mother, who, before she died, had made it clear that there was no better way to honor her memory and validate … franzen/1