Mencken quote & Up and at 'em; Lebanese Rice & Aleppo Yogurt

Mon Apr 25 01:48:49 UTC 2005

MENCKEN QUOTE & UP AND AT 'EM
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I went crazy and didn't find the quotation in OUR ARMY. 1930s? I just finished about one volume of five.
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The 1917 page does exist with a Mencken article, but it's the wrong article!
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Google Answers was also asked about "Up and Adam" or "up and at 'em."
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http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=512538
Hello jeffbhc001,

The actual wording is:

"There is always an easy solution to every human problem--neat,
plausible, and wrong."

It appeared in the essay "The Divine Afflatus," originally published
in 1917, and reprinted in 1920 and 1949.

"Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. -- 'There is
always an easy solution to every human problem—-neat, plausible, and
wrong.'"
Bartleby.com
http://www.bartleby.com/73/1736.html

"H. L. Mencken"
Wikiquote
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/H._L._Mencken

- justaskscott
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http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/H._L._Mencken
"There is always an easy solution to every human problem—neat, plausible and wrong."
"The Divine Afflatus", New York Evening Mail (November 16, 1917); later published in Prejudices: Second Series (1920) and A Mencken Chrestomathy (1949)
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http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=513135
Here's a bit about the origin of a sound-alike phrase:

"Q. Where'd we get the phrase 'Up and at 'em!'?

A. From the Duke of Wellington's battle order at Waterloo: 'Up,
guards, and at 'em.' Many a quotation survives, but few survive
intact."

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/montereyherald/living/8347526.htm
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(LITERATURE ONLINE)
1. Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 [Author Page] Work: A Story of Experience. (1873)  776Kb Work: A Story of Experience.   [Durable URL for this text] Found 1 hit(s):Main text   [Durable URL for this text] CHAPTER XVI. MUSTERED IN.   [Durable URL for this text] ...general excitement, and had felt sundry manly impulses to " up and at 'em," when his comrades in the shop discussed...  2. Winthrop, Theodore, 1828-1861 [Author Page] John Brent (1862)  537Kb John Brent   [Durable URL for this text] Found 1 hit(s):Main text   [Durable URL for this text] CHAPTER VII. ENTER, THE BRUTES!   [Durable URL for this text] ...will do some sneaking villany. You and I will thereupon up and at 'em." Page 070. " ...  ...
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LEBANESE RICE & ALEPPO YOGURT
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RICE (www.riceny.com) has replaced several short-lived Indian restaurants on the corner of 27th Street and 115 Lexington Avenue.
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I'd eaten at RICE before, on Mott Street. These two items were of interest. I had "Bhutanese Red Rice" on Mott Street.
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LEBANESE RICE--867 Google hits, 15 Google Groups hits
ALEPPO YOGURT--4 Google hits, 0 Google Groups hits
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(GOOGLE)
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(FACTIVA)
RECIPE: Lebanese Rice With Noodles (Riz Bi Sh'arieh)
- From Aline Saba of Weehawken 183 words 13 September 2000The Star-Ledger Newark, NJ FINAL 078 English(c) 2000. The Star-Ledger. All rights reserved. 4 servings 2 cups long-grain white rice 3/4 cup butter 1/2 cup fine noodles, broken (like vermicelli), uncooked 11/2 teaspoons salt 21/2 cups water 1. Soak rice in hot water for 30 minutes. Rinse and drain. 2. Heat butter until it smokes and fry noodles for 2 minutes. Watch carefully so they do not burn. Add rice and salt. Stir to coat rice evenly with butter. 3. Add 21/2 cups water. Boil, uncovered, on high flame until water is nearly all absorbed. Lower the flame, place a wire rack between the flame and the pan and leave pot covered until rice is dry and fluffy. Stir very gently when ready to serve. Accompany with a dish of laban (Lebanese yogurt) or plain yogurt. Nutrition information Per 10-ounce serving: 430 calories; 310 calories from fat; 3g protein; 27g carbs; 0g sugar; 35g total fat; 22g saturated fat; 95mg cholesterol; 1g dietary fiber; 300mg sodium; 2% Daily Values calcium; 8% Daily Values iron.
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(FACTIVA)
Alec's offers Arabic food, culture // Dishes, dancers bring restaurant added ambiance
Cheryl Coggins Frink 1,246 words 26 June 1993Austin American-Statesman FINAL 11
 The beef, flavored with chopped parsley and onion, is charbroiled and served on a bed of Lebanese rice (a combination of rice and vermicelli).
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Connecticut Weekly Desk; 12CN
DINING OUT; In Groton, Family-Style Lebanese Fare By PATRICIA BROOKS 916 words 5 May 1991The New York TimesLate Edition - Final29
Lamb is the special star at Diana. If you're famished, try the lamb feast, a monster portion for two, of lamb kafta, lamb kebab and rack of lamb, served with hummus and Lebanese rice. Stuffed leg of lamb was actually a large, thick slice (a bit dry at the edges, but with a nicely pink interior), topped (not stuffed) with pine nuts, served with a mound of terrific cinnamon-scented, spiced and garlicked rice.