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...agent Clarice Starling (Julianne Moore) has tracked Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) into Washington's Union Station. Now she's lost his trail. She scans the crowd, her back to a whirling carousel. She doesn't notice a hand ruffling her hair--hardly more than a breeze--of someone riding the carousel. Lecter...
...watch fob. Another is thrown to ravenous wild boars as a Lucullan snack. A third malefactor is condemned to dine on a little brain food (his own); it's Lecter's idea of just desserts. But none of these atrocities is more disquieting than that moment at the carousel--the first-ever physical contact between a cannibal of genius and his righteous pursuer. For a second we fear that crime literature's favorite mad doctor will yank Clarice aboard the carousel. Perhaps scalp her. But not here, not now. This is the briefest caress, a boyish flirtation, a threat...
...Continental's jump in the national airline quality rankings has resulted from much-improved service, including its liberal carry-on rules. United, meanwhile, has slipped considerably over the same period, with passengers angered over measures like limiting carry-on baggage, which of course means a wait at a baggage carousel (presuming that the bags get that far). And it's not just a matter of consumer satisfaction: Airline analysts point out that United - which says it adopted the more restrictive policy because the amount and size of carry-on luggage had gotten out of hand - not only peeves passengers...
Best Musical Carousel by Rodgers and Hammerstein (1945) They set the standards for the 20th century musical, and this show features their most beautiful score and the most skillful and affecting example of their musical storytelling. RUNNERS-UP Guys and Dolls by Frank Loesser, Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling; Evita by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice...
...college in the years from the early Fifties to around 1965, when what is now spoken of as the Sixties started to get in gear. As a Fifties Guy myself, I can testify that going to college in that era had all the excitement of standing at the luggage carousel waiting for your bags to come off the plane...