This is either because Orbital were incredibly ahead of their time in 1994, or because their curation and compilation of the by-then well established and highly assorted past, their selection and electronic fusion of beats, signals, spectacle, sensation, trends, space and dynamics has largely settled down as being pretty much the sound of the moment, whenever or whatever the moment is.
On the vegetarian hors d'oeuvres plate, a lively and colorful selection of assorted salads included pickled onions, paper-thin shavings of fresh fennel with oranges, and mustardy grated carrot.
For $25 (price of tour and lunch) you can have a selection of tea sandwiches, salads, assorted breads, cookies, pastries and a selection of hot teas, iced tea, coffee or lemonade.
In her first book since "Swamplandia!" Karen Russell continues to blur the boundaries between realism and fantasy, the mundane and the exotic, in a set of short stories she calls a "carefully pruned selection of imaginary gardens, assorted wildernesses that are so real because they are fantastic".
I always make sure that there is, at any given time, a ready supply of the following items on the table by the back door: assorted low-denomination foreign coins, a selection of discarded Christmas cracker novelties, various stones of different shapes and sizes, and, on the floor underneath, a pile of old shoes.
Monthly selections may be 1-pound assorted chocolates, truffles, chocolate bark, chocolate-covered mints, fruits and cookies.
(Of course, there's also a bracing selection of mixed seviches, with assorted mojos — garlicky vinaigrettes).
A winter selection of two pounds of these assorted cheeses is $75, including shipping, from Tomales Bay Foods in Point Reyes Station, Calif.; www.projecttruffle.com; (415) 663-9335; Visa and MasterCard only; Dec. 20.
When I discovered the Pedagogy Unbound website recently, it was like opening a box of assorted chocolates and being presented with a wide selection of delicious choices.
"These people buy several hundred at a time, feel a 40% discount is very good, pay in 30 days and have never heard of returns". Despite some excursions into assorted fields (books on word processors and computer selection), he has pulled back into parachuting and publishing.
During this time he also scored 18 goals in 19 games for assorted representative sides: Sao Paulo in the state championships, Santos/Vasco da Gama selections and Professional Footballers Association teams.
