Word: dover
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...scale -- as he also determinedly does in the film Henry V -- is that he tends to conceal or cut out the glories that make Shakespeare unique. Lear, for example, drops much of the high-flown language and reduces the former King's mad scenes in the storm and at Dover from symphonies to single brief movements. As played by Richard Briers, this is no autumnal monarch but a mediocre middle manager peevishly protesting his pink slip...
...C.I.A. draw, however, is the French cuisine in the Escoffier Room. The prix fixe $40 dinner features such classics as poached Dover sole stuffed with artichokes and tomatoes, and roasted rack of lamb on ratatouille. The 90- seat restaurant is sometimes booked three months in advance and boasts a four-star rating from the Mobil Travel Guide. Over a Kir Royale aperitif, bemused diners can enjoy a seminar in progress. On view in the glassed-in kitchen, a dozen nervous young chefs in tall toques bump into one another as they peel, poach and broil their way through the evening...
...Dover, Mass: Auburn House Publishing...
...Verses has been turned from a book into a talking point. With the drama bringing more and more readers to a novel that most readers will find almost impossible to unravel, one is ironically reminded of the end of that classic discussion of faith vs. doubt, Matthew Arnold's "Dover Beach," in which "ignorant armies clash by night...
Some firms look even farther afield and try to recruit workers outside their region. But often the chief obstacle to attracting new employees is the high cost of housing, so some potential employers have tried to compensate. An auto-parts division of Textron based in Dover, N.H., gives some of its new white-collar employees short-term "bridge" loans for housing at below-market interest rates. Last year the state's average home price was $136,000, nearly 60% higher than the U.S. median...