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...their colleagues. The movie teems with political infighting, with carnage and compromise, at the grass-roots level--Michael Collins meets Microcosmos. Indeed, for the first half hour or so, A Bug's Life is so dense with characters and illustrative detail that it nearly chokes on its own banquet. The filmmakers encourage you to wander through the glamorous terrain of their imaginations as if the picture were a product reel for 21st century cinema...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bugs Funny | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

Last week's National Book Awards banquet in Manhattan was an exquisite literary evening. Copies of nominated books graced each table, nonfloral arrangements for perusal by the usually rumpled and solitary wrestlers of verb and tense now glittering in tuxedos and sequins. There was some disappointment over Tom Wolfe's absence. The room, so festive in black, had expected a coronation for the man so tailored in white: his A Man in Full was the talk of the town, the favorite for the fiction prize. But then John Updike, the most influential of America's living novelists, took the stage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Elegant Execution | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

Despite initial concerns over low turnout, both event coordinators and attending alumni hailed the black-tie banquet a success...

Author: By Robert K. Silverman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Key Society Celebrates 50 Years of School Spirit | 11/25/1998 | See Source »

Ghani said he hopes that the success of the banquet will prompt similar events in the future...

Author: By Robert K. Silverman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Key Society Celebrates 50 Years of School Spirit | 11/25/1998 | See Source »

...main attraction at the Midwest Grill is the rodizio, (Portugese for "rotation") the unique Brazilian barbecue banquet. Here's how it works: waiters go around from table to table brandishing gigantic skewers of different kinds of barbecued meat. They slice you as much you want and keep coming until you beg surrender. There is also a buffet spread of traditional Brazilian dishes and dessert which is included in the rodizio but can also be ordered separately at a lesser price. You can also order individual appetizers and entrees on the menu, but for hard core carnivores, there is no question...

Author: By Nissara Horayangura, | Title: Stick This on Your Skewer And Eat It | 11/19/1998 | See Source »

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