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...least the culinary big four-thyme, basil, parsley and oregano-to which most gourmets would add rosemary, savory, sage, saffron, sassafras, tarragon, mint, chives, dill, lemon verbena, marjoram, fennel, sorrel, chervil, coriander, cumin, caraway and celery seed. From ajowan to zedoary, there are hundreds of other herbs available, in 17th century Herbalist John Parkinson's phrase, "for use and delight." To the delight of the vast army of health-food enthusiasts who use herbs, most of them are grown organically without chemical fertilizers or sprays...
...made her screen debut at 60, playing a wrinkled cardsharpie in The Queen of Spades. Now 87, veteran Stage Actress Dame Edith Evans seemed as peppery as ever last week on the sets of Cinderella, her 17th movie, currently being filmed in London. "When we get to the ballroom scene, I do trust I'm going to be allowed to dance?" asked Dame Edith, who portrays a dowager queen opposite Richard Chamberlain as Prince Charming and Gemma Craven as Cinderella. With London suffering through one of its muggiest summers in years, the indomitable Dame has been arriving for work...
Among the nations that measure average life expectancy, America ranks a relatively low 17th - behind most of Western Europe, Japan, Greece and even Bulgaria. Part of the reason is that the U.S. is a large, heterogeneous country where many people, especially non-whites and the rural poor, lack good nutrition and medical care...
...question the Bolshoi's steadfast adherence to the gaudy Rimsky-Korsakov re-orchestration. The Met-Mussorgsky rendering makes Boris the protagonist in a true psychological drama; the Bol-shoi-Rimsky production, virtually unchanged for 28 years, makes him more the central figure in a historical pageant. His fellow 17th century Russians emerge, as it were, frieze-dried...
...Eric "End-Zone" Crone '73; 17th and last...