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...Skeleton Key,” set in the beautiful bayous of Louisiana, offers cinematographic treats for the southernly-inclined. It will at least keep the attention of those who are not entranced by the other object of the camera’s gaze, Hudson. While it is natural to play up the sexuality of the female heroine in a screamfest, the length this film goes through to present all the lovely parts of the Hawn-spawn are beyond excess. While the cute little black dress she dons to meet an invalid she will take care of could be considered...
...again with a breakfast that includes what some say are the best grits in the South. Guests may stroll majestic grounds that encompass moss-draped live oaks and verdant gardens. Or they may tour other nearby plantations, hunt for antiques or enjoy boat trips down the Mississippi or through bayous www.madewood.com...
...unlikely success that says a lot about the appeal of minor-league hockey and the unique civic character of Lafayette, the self-proclaimed capital of French Louisiana. Simmering amid bayous and mossy oaks in the heart of Cajun country, Lafayette (pop. 112,000) is the league's fourth smallest market--and hasn't seen snow or natural ice since 1988. Not surprisingly, two lesser hockey leagues considered Lafayette too risky. Says Jady Regard, the Gators' general manager and a Louisiana native: "Hockey has no business working down here...
...expulsion of seven high school students for fighting, she sounded a bit like one--the late Leander Perez. "I really resent outsiders coming in and telling us how to run our schools," Goetter whined, conjuring up memories of the legendary segregationist's threat to bury "outside agitators" in the bayous of Louisiana's Plaquemines Parish during the 1960s. It was a lousy choice of words...
...around $70 a week. Not since the first delirious, mistaken weeks after V-J day had there been so much expectancy--with caution, this time--for peace. The fishing was good too. In the gulf, off the coast of Louisiana, speckled trout were swarming in the bays and bayous, and tarpon appeared a full month earlier than usual. Said Bill Tugman, editor of the weekly Reedsport (Ore.) Port Umpqua Courier: "The salmon are running and the trout and striped bass, and they even say the shad feel like taking a fly this year. Let Moscow do its worst...