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...pursuit of a college education took her through uncertain territory. Middle-class teenagers of the time went on to college from high school the way they went to the drive-in for frozen custard and French fries. Everyone enrolled somewhere, and no one thought much about it. But Bombeck was working class, the first person in her family's history even to graduate from high school. College was not seen as a necessity for many young women, or even as especially desirable. "Your goals were supposed to be modest," she recalls. "If you were a girl, you either...
...relatives, the kids. He has a popcorn machine-you've seen those oldtime popcorn wagons on wheels you can walk up to and pop corn. That's what he does. He pops the corn for the kids. He has an ice-cream machine that makes this frozen custard and he gives all the kids custard. He likes to dress casual all the time. When you see Michael dress, it's a statement for just that purpose...
While Beineix was dodging or tossing custard pies in the main competition, three other directors-all women, all in their 30s-were earning praise outside it. Boat People by Ann Hui of Hong Kong was withdrawn from competition, reportedly at the insistence of the French government, which is seeking to solidify its relations with the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam. The caution is understandable: this film, shot partly in mainland China, is a powerful piece of humanist propaganda about a family trying to escape Da Nang three years after the U.S. forces evacuated Viet...
...architecture, Spain's desserts remain the principal testimony to the country's 400-year occupation by the Moors. As they are in North Africa, almonds, egg yolks and honey are the major ingredients of most sweets; regional specialties, however, feature a delicious 16th century cheesecake, rich custards like tocino del cielo (literally, fat from heaven) and some memorable fruit flans, including a luscious apple tart with custard and apple-jelly topping. Que aproveche! Good eating...
...rightists interrupted their talks for a luncheon meeting with U.S. Ambassador Deane Hinton, who had invited candidates and representatives from the six contending parties to discuss the elections over paella and fruit custard. Hinton urged the various parties to work together for a moderate government of national unity. But when the five rightist parties huddled again after lunch, they put the finishing touches on their call for a program with no mention of Duarte's party...