Tokay: the other dessert wine
By Jeff Katra | April 2, 2008R.L. Buller & Son Fine Old Tokay (Victoria, Australia) Price: 14.99 Grade: A When most people think of dessert wine, Porto or Sauternes come to mind.
R.L. Buller & Son Fine Old Tokay (Victoria, Australia) Price: 14.99 Grade: A When most people think of dessert wine, Porto or Sauternes come to mind.
Aroma's Café was aptly named. Once I opened the door, the stench of Five Guys' greasy fries, Casella's marinara sauce, and Hair Cuttery's shampoo dissipated, and my senses snapped to attention.
If you see Graduate Arts & Sciences student Kate Ranganath around Grounds, she might seem like any other overworked doctoral candidate at the University.
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We all have periods in our lives when things just won't work out. These periods can be brief or prolonged, and the problems tangible or emotionally rooted.
The recent release of the COD sparked a downward spiral in my disposition. The University's course offerings are plentiful and vast, yet I could not find a single class I wanted to take.
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