I simply love grapefruit. For me, the complexity of its bitter-sweet-tart flavors puts it head and shoulders above any of its citrus cousins. Oranges, lemons, and limes: Admit it, you all wish you were grapefruit. Clementines and blood oranges? You have your moments, but they are fleeting. I know star mixologists have fallen in love with the Meyer lemon, the kumquat, the yuzu. But those are just novelty acts. Read full article > >

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In the new HBO comedy “Veep,” Julia Louis-Dreyfus, playing Vice President Selina Meyer, curses (a lot) while waiting for a call that never comes.

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Television Review: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Stars in ‘Veep’ on HBO

This article, written by Terry McDermott & Josh Meyer appeared on The Atlantic on April 02,2012

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Inside the Mission to Catch Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

The valuables now stored in the neo-Gothic tower of Day & Meyer, Murray & Young reflect cultural change, with much less silver and much more fine art.

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Day & Meyer, Murray & Young: Warehouse of the Rich

On Sept. 8, 2009, Marine Sgt. Dakota Meyer, then a 21-year-old corporal, defied the orders of his superiors while on duty in a remote province in eastern Afghanistan, raced into a “killing zone” and helped rescue 36 U.S. and Afghan troops. When President Obama recently called to tell Meyer he would be awarded the Medal of Honor , the military’s highest honor, Meyer didn’t take the call. Meyer, now 23, was working a new job in construction and asked the president to call him back another time. Read full article > >

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Marine hero of Afghanistan receives Medal of Honor in White House ceremony

Sir Christopher Meyer says Soviet security agents “gnashed their teeth with frustration as I rejected both homo- and heterosexual temptation”

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