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Shake Hands with the Devil (Peter Bregg / Maclean's)
Word maven Patricia T. O’Conner celebrates some of the weirder configurations of the English language. Then, filmmaker Peter Raymont and General Romeo Dallaire revisit the horrors of the Rwandan genocide with a new documentary: "Shake Hands with the Devil."
No Loss for Words
Patricia T. (Words Fail Me) O’Conner addresses listener questions about some of the more confusing aspects of the English language. Call 212-267-WNYC.
Shake Hands with the Devil
Canadian Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire served as the head of the UN peacekeeping force during the Rwandan genocide. He has been very outspoken about the horrors he witnessed, and about how futile his struggles to get help from the world community proved. In April of 2004, on the 10th anniversary ...
Recipes from Molto Italiano by Mario Batali
* BASIC TOMATO SAUCE
A good, Basic Tomato Sauce is a kitchen staple throughout Italy . My recipe appears below, and it's also available, ready-to-use, at some stores and online.
¼ cup extra virgin
OLIVE OIL
1 Spanish ONION, chopped in ¼ inch dice
4 garlic ...
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