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At the peak of his fame several streets in Paris were named after him. He lived besieged by infatuated women. "Imagination," he said in one of his more phallocratic moments, "is intelligence with an erection." Aged nearly 70, in the hectic relief that followed the lifting of the siege of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Sublime Windbag | 4/27/1998 | See Source »

And real work for the travelers. The recorded voice at the start of the adventure encourages you to "Grow eyes!"; there are dozens of shy creatures--Waldo-beasts, if you will--waiting to be discovered by the visitor who is visually acute. Look hard for the gray elephant trying to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leisure: Beauty and the Beasts | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

The planting is not orderly--no exotic topiary of Disney's beloved barnyard critters. The look is what Comstock calls "promiscuous and harlequin," a quiet riot of greens, a forest painted by Rousseau. Comstock found some of the plants in Nepal, riding a mother elephant named Durgha Kali who recalled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leisure: Beauty and the Beasts | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

Some attractions are being adjusted. A parade of cast-member "creatures," expected to run twice daily, was still not ambulatory a fortnight ago. The Jungle Book and Lion King shows were getting final tweaks. Dinos in Countdown to Extinction were to be given scarier lighting and infusions of bad breath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leisure: Beauty and the Beasts | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

Soon we're moving through the small but cozy library, the magnificent Harvard Hall (complete with mounted elephant-head) and a gym which seems, at least on a cursory inspection, to have more cardiovascular equipment than the MAC.

Author: By Dan S. Aibel, | Title: The New York Club Scene | 3/31/1998 | See Source »

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