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...Scenes of Clerical Life. Lewes coaxed novel after novel out of Eliot, while buttressing her self-esteem and shielding her from bad reviews. Even the ostracism she suffered gave her time to work. As Rose points out, the author of Middlemarch did not have to give dinner parties or entertain weekend guests. Ellot's was a fate that women, especially those who write, may envy...
Finally Los Angeles woke up to what was happening. Movie stars offered to entertain, merchants lined the streets with foreign flags, and, most important, tickets suddenly began to sell. Years later, visitors remembered the extraordinary atmosphere of amity that pervaded the air during the 16 days of the Games of the X Olympiad. At the end of the first day's events, an announcer asked spectators to remain seated so there would be no traffic to slow the athletes on their way back to the village. The great throng joined in singing a chorus of songs until the contestants...
This consistent packaging offers reliable service. Commented Chairman Allen H. Neuharth recently. "We are not seeking influence--in the normal media use of that term. We want to inform, we want to entertain, and we want to help bring about an understanding and a unity among people in this country...I make a distinction between that and the more traditional meaning of the words 'influence' or 'power...
...cook to every ten guests is a rule of thumb. The restaurant run by perhaps the greatest cook in Kyoto, Moto Nagata, seats ten people, and no tip will get you in; the Japanese rarely accept tips. Such cooking flourishes because few Japanese entertain at home. Phrases like "home cooking" do not translate into Japanese with their overtones intact. They suggest strain and bumbling, not warmth and sincerity...
...tours, famous-garden tours and even trips arranged by half a dozen organizations in England that allow a privileged few tourists a chance to stay in stately homes with their titled occupants. For $90 a night, the venerable Lady Heald of Chilworth Manor, a converted 11th century monastery, will entertain and dine with a couple. Car buffs can arrange visits to the Mercedes, Lamborghini, Ferrari and BMW factories and the antique-car museums of Europe. The cost for that is about $2,900 for two weeks (airfare included), but the participant can save $4,000 by buying a Mercedes overseas...