afternoon

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Another pasta, this time a chicken spaghetti smells like Sunday afternoons in the South: sweet onions softening in olive oil, bell peppers and celery faintly caramelizing, mushrooms releasing their earthy perfume.

From Salon

“Not everyone expected brenso to work…but expectations had been creeping up into year-end and this afternoon’s negative phase 2 readout is undoubtedly a near-term setback for the story,” Brayer wrote in a research note.

From Barron's

On this rainy, late-summer afternoon, Thomas and I are chatting about the Mayer Theatre, an Art Deco throwback a few blocks and a sturdy one-way bridge away on Hebron’s main street.

From Salon

Fiscal second-quarter earnings, due Thursday afternoon, could make or break his case.

From Barron's

He didn’t confirm or deny that such a meeting was scheduled, but did say he planned to fly back to Washington later Wednesday morning for an afternoon appointment.

From Barron's