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...decollete leopard-print gowns) and "Moona Lisa" (Plexiglas-bubble headgear and silver- star-studded dresses). At his second Louvre show, two weeks ago, the crowd shrieked and whistled its approval for such outfits as "Cowboys" (fringed jackets and pony-skin patterns) and "Blackamoors" (gold and silver turbans over satin cocktail suits). The invitation to the show featured a photo of Kelly naked but for a gilt loincloth. "He's very exotic to the French," says Nina Dausset, a former Elle editor. "He has his own folklore...
...finding that decent food can help promote passenger loyalty. Alaska Airlines has started advertising that its "plane food isn't plain food." Researchers at Chicago-based United sort through the garbage to see what is regularly returned uneaten. One result: the airline in March will stop serving canned fruit cocktail on all coach flights. In April American will introduce a Heart Healthy menu approved by the American Heart Association...
First in the series is Honor and Obey (1988), a silent film that features brightly colored authority figures blending into scenes of extravagance and cocktail parties. The striking images are set against backgrounds of soldiers marching in formation, tigers stalking in the snow and religious processions...
...most delicious light comedies." Women doesn't meet that standard; it's more like The Big Chill with a bitter taste. But it does have a plot right out of some beloved old screwball comedy. When the disconsolate Pepa (Maura) tosses a couple dozen downers into her gazpacho cocktail, she triggers a plot device that ricochets happily through the film...
...vision, no interpretation, no invitation to the world of learning. Instead of reading short clips summarizing the great works of literature, shouldn't students try to read the works themselves? The superficiality of Hirsch's approach is pervasive; students are taught catch phrases to spit out at cocktail parties, but they miss out on both the pleasures of learning and the opportunity to discover what it is that truly interests them...