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...public. Four straight hours the band cooked insistently, with Chenier himself -- recently out of the hospital from serious medical business -- in charge for the latter three. Chenier proclaimed himself "King of the Accordion," signified by a besequinned red velvet crown and proved by playing the rhythm-and-blues devil out of his instrument. He was flanked by a young white guitarist, who played astoundingly well in a Freddie King-inspired style, plus a more stoic black guitarist, two saxophonists, a vigorous drummer, a bass man and, ofcourse, brother Cleveland Chenier on his metal washboard...
...mothers eager to give birth in Israeli hospitals. Traffic in the other direction is mostly military. Israeli officers make daily visits to offer advice and encouragement to an unlikely ally. Explains one Israeli commander: "As long as the P.L.O. is kept out, we don't care if the devil runs Lebanon...
...suburb of West Clandon dispatched a helicopter to the Heriot moor south of Edinburgh, and 18 still warm grouse were rushed to a London-bound plane. At Heathrow Airport, a fleet of three Ferraris sped the precious consignment to a nearby heliport, where a trio of off-duty Red Devil paratroopers and two choppers were standing by. The Devils jumped into the restaurant's car park, where they were met by chefs in running shoes, who sprinted with the birds to preheated ovens. The cost: at least $10,000. Elapsed time between bag and bite...
...virtually every conflict in Dallas is that human oil slick, J.R.: seducer of sisters-in-law, bankrupter of bank executives, agent of miscarriages, avenging devil of politicians, mortgager of his parents' home, suavely sadistic husband-and secretly loving father. (When J.R., after 17 episodes of malign neglect, finally embraced his infant son, viewers responded with nearly 10,000 letters-half saying "Thank God!," the other half saying "Don't ruin it by reforming him.") Hagman developed a touch for light comedy on TV in the '60s sitcom / Dream ofJeannie. He plays the villainy sotto voce...
From the snorting mimicry of airplane engines at kick-off to lyric invocations of the beauty of the sky at dawn and dusk, Peterson holds his audience in a trance. The most appealing of his acting skills is his ability to endow Bishop with both vulnerable humanity and dare devil courage...