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Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
Dr. Basil Cottle, a scholar at the University of Bristol, in his useful little book, The Plight of English , devotes nearly four pages to it, describing it at the beginning as a deplorable little syllable.
Nor are they better (you asked for my favorites) than E.L. Konigsberg's From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler , or Louise Fitzhugh's books ( Harriet the Spy is best known, but the one I remember best is Nobody's Family Is Going To Change ).
Most of Batman & Robin 's clichés were parodied in advance by Austin Powers . (When Commissioner Gordon shows up on a TV monitor warning that Mr. Freeze has taken over Gotham Museum, Austin fans will think fondly of the plot-spewing monologues of Basil Exposition.)
The rice was light and cooked to perfection, and the vegetables were nicely steamed in a complex sauce that blended the subtle flavors of curry, coconut milk, and basil.