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By Susan Reimer | February 4, 2009
Cookbook author Jane Butel has campaigned for years to have chili declared America's national dish. She failed only by degree. Chili, lovingly known as the "bowl of red," is certainly the national dish of winter. "What's not to like?" asked Butel, author of the new Chili Madness: A Passionate Cookbook, which updates her best-seller of 30 years ago. "It is easy to make. It comes in one pot. It improves with time and reheating. It makes enough for a crowd. And it is exciting to the human taste buds."
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By Bill Daley | October 24, 2007
Leaving the shells on shrimp protects the delicate flesh underneath from the searing heat of a skillet, an oven or a grill. Once cooked, the shrimp is more moist, more tender. Tastier, too, as the shell infuses the shrimp with extra flavor. Only problem: eating the shrimp. Some people just eat the shrimp shell and all (I often do). Others fuss around, prying the shell off the cooked tail with fork or fingers. Serve the shrimp with Asian noodles. Bill Daley writes for the Chicago Tribune, which provided the recipe analysis.
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By FRANK ROYLANCE | February 16, 2007
Arthur Howard, of Catonsville, asks, "If the time zone immediately east of Pacific [Time] is Mountain, does the time zone immediately east of Eastern [Time] have a name?" Indeed it does, to the relief of Canadians living in the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and parts of Quebec. It's called Atlantic Standard Time, and it's an hour ahead of us. Clocks in Bermuda, the Eastern Caribbean islands, Venezuela, western Brazil, Bolivia and Chile also run one hour ahead of Eastern Time.
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By New York Times News Service. | September 22, 2007
SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chile's Supreme Court approved yesterday the extradition of Peru's former president, Alberto K. Fujimori, on charges of human rights abuses and corruption related to his time in power during the 1990s. The ruling, which cannot be appealed, could set an important international precedent for extradition cases of former heads of state wanted for atrocities, according to human rights advocates. After the ruling, Fujimori, 69, could be transported to Peru as early as next week, Chilean government officials said.
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By Bill Glauber | October 9, 1999
LONDON -- Chilean Gen. Augusto Pinochet lost another key legal battle yesterday when a British magistrate ruled that he can be extradited to Spain to face charges of torture and conspiracy during his 17-year rule.The ailing, 83-year-old former dictator issued a defiant written protest of innocence, while his opponents outside the packed courtroom, and in Chile and Spain, celebrated a triumph in their improbable bid to bring a former head of state to justice.It could be months before the case leaves Britain.
TRAVEL
By Dan Schmidt | April 11, 1999
A MEMORABLE PLACEAt the end of a year's assignment in Chile, my wife and I received from friends a weekend stay at La Hosteria de la Colina, a wonderful B & B in Villarrica. While Sue and I had traveled a few hours north and east of Santiago, we had never been to the south.Many who come to live and work in Chile from overseas manage to head south to camp or tour at some point, and so we had heard a great deal about this area. Some of our Chilean friends made treks there as well. That made us eager for the experience, and we welcomed this gift with real delight.
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By Ariel Dorfman | October 3, 1999
Of all the battles of his interminable life, there is one that Gen. Augusto Pinochet, Chile's former dictator under house arrest in London since last October, can no longer hope to win. I am not referring to the battle to avoid extradition to Spain on charges of torture and genocide. Whatever the outcome of the hearings, the general has already lost the war for something more essential and permanent: the struggle for the way in which he will be remembered beyond his death, how the hard syllables that form his name -- Pi-no-chet -- will endure and become solidified in tomorrow's vocabulary.
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By Heather Tepe | April 7, 1999
ALEJANDRO GIRONAS is a handsome, brown-eyed teen-ager with an engaging smile. And Giro -- pronounced "hero" -- as his friends call him, has reason to smile.He is an exchange student from Los Andes, Chile, who was welcomed into the homes of two local families this year as part of the American Field Service intercultural program.AFS, an international nonprofit organization founded in 1915, provides opportunities for people to gain knowledge, practice skills and acquire the attitudes needed to live and work harmoniously in a global society.
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By LOS ANGELES TIMES | December 12, 1999
CHILLAN, Chile -- No matter what happens in today's presidential election, Chile will make history.If Ricardo Lagos wins, he will become the first Socialist president since Salvador Allende was overthrown in a U.S-backed military coup in 1973 and died as planes bombed the presidential palace.If Joaquin Lavin wins, he will become the first rightist president since Gen. Augusto Pinochet obeyed the wishes of the voters after a referendum in 1988 and relinquished power after more than 16 years of dictatorship.
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By William Pfaff | April 26, 1999
SANTIAGO, CHILE -- While he remained in Chile, as retired dictator and senator for life, Gen. Augusto Pinochet was a not entirely powerless monitor of those who have replaced him since his defeat in a 1988 plebiscite restoring democratic government. The army, under his influence, continues to exercise constitutional authority over national security matters.His incautious journey to London, and what followed, has left the army disconcerted and angry. However, President Eduardo Frei's government has conducted itself in a manner that allows no military criticism.