"In the most extreme cases we have seen a tender for visits of only 10 minutes.
Denver's Brandon Marshall, a restricted free-agent receiver with a first-round tender, began a visit to the Seattle Seahawks, perhaps the precursor to a trade that would send the talented but disgruntled Marshall to the new Seahawks coach Pete Carroll.
"Saving Mr. Banks" is itself a Disney product, and you have to admire its nerveless promotional chutzpah — the way in which the narrative arc bends upward after Travers has been whisked to Disneyland, and the tender (though invented) visit that Walt pays to her London home.
I had abandoned prose writing somewhere in college, having been scared straight out of the writing habit via the tender ministrations of visiting New Yorker short story virtuosi creative writing instructors and my own mountainous insecurities and fears.
A rib-eye in a dark sauce inspired by beef Bourguignon was tender and juicy one visit, tough the next.
The braised short ribs struck me as bland, and they were dry on my first visit (though tender on the second).
The Thai dumplings were a winner at each visit, each tender little pouch brimming with a succulent blend of shrimp, chicken, crab and vegetables.
I'm happy to say that the fish special on that third night — potato-crusted cod in a horseradish cream — was cooked just right, if still overpriced at $28 — and the petit filet mignon, chewy on a previous visit, was tender and tasty with asparagus and mashed potatoes.
But the young "are not meant to tarry" in Oak Hill, and Saunders's three main characters are astonished to find Willie continuing to sit "cross-legged on the roof" of his own tomb, refusing to depart, awaiting another visit and tender touch from his father.
He had several huge pots bubbling on the stove when I visited -- tender pouches of squid stuffed with poultry mousse were simmering in chicken stock.
