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MEMOIRS 「Dizzying, elemental, a poem turned into a sword.」—The New York Times Before there was Amy Tan, there was Maxine Hong Kingston. Her masterpiece is a memoir of growing up Chinese American in California. Kingston relates the raw and unsparing stories her mother recounted throughout her girlhood and fills in the missing pieces with imaginings of her own. The Woman Warrior won the National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction and remains as resonant today as it did when first published.
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READ ME Decode these two familiar terms. Hint: Each successive figure adds a new column of dots on the right. |
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Max at the therapist's
Max: Doc, lately I've been feeling like a dustbin! Therapist: You』re just talking rubbish. |
| CHILDREN How about spending a whole year focusing on the positive aspects of having children in our lives? Sometimes the stress of all we do can cause us momentarily to forget. This year, let's make it a point to appreciate them. Children keep us young. |
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The Original SUDOKU Calendar
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Easy Puzzle
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Tips for Cooking and Storing Tofu  When cooking with tofu, keep in mind that its water content differs occasionally. You may have to adjust the liquids in your recipes accordingly. Remember, it is always easier to add more liquids to a recipe than more dry ingredients. • To make a firmer or drier tofu, wrap it in cheesecloth or paper towels and place it on a drain board. Place a small dish on top of the tofu and a 1-pound (454 g) can on top of the dish to press the water out. Drain for at least 15 minutes. Parboiling the tofu (see below) will also create a drier product. • To create a crumbly, dry tofu good for stir-fries, wrap tofu in a clean towel and twist to wring the water out. • To use tofu as a thickener for sauces and gravies, make your sauce or gravy thinner than usual. Whip in the tofu using a wire whisk. The texture will not be smooth, but your sauce will be richer in protein. • Use fresh, sweet tofu in desserts, salads, and drinks. Use older, slightly bitter tofu for cooking. • Refrigerated tofu turns pink around the edges when about to go bad. Revitalize it by parboiling it, but use it soon. To parboil, place the tofu, whole or in slices, in a saucepan; cover with water and bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for about 3 minutes. Remove tofu with a slotted spoon. • Tofu that smells yeasty or sour should be discarded. |
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career  v : to go at top speed especially in a headlong manner「We careered off the wall back onto the road and into the path of a fifty-seater touring coach....」
—DICK FRANCIS, STRAIGHT |
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DID YOU KNOW?
The verbs 「career」 and 「careen」 both mean 「to move at high speed,」 but they are distinct words with separate histories. A popular medieval contest required horsemen to ride around closely placed barriers while inserting lances through small metal rings—an activity that necessitated short gallops at full speed. Sixteenth-century English-speakers used the noun 「career」 (from Middle French carrière) to refer to such gallops and the verb 「career」 to mean 「to gallop for a short burst at full speed.」 By the mid-17th century, the verb had acquired its general 「go fast」 meaning. 「Careen」 shares this sense, but it can also mean 「to sway from side to side」 or 「to put (a boat) on a beach to work on the hull」; it traces to a Latin word for 「hull.」 |
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5 THINGS TO BE HAPPY ABOUT  • a down comforter• flamingo pink • starting a painting • intense concentration • a cat in a puddle of sun |
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