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...eletricos, samba-reggae bands on trucks with eardrum-shattering loudspeakers, will play. Barefoot, bare-chested youths in white cotton trousers will perform the traditional capoeira, a carefully choreographed martial art dating back to slavery that combines somersaults and kickboxing and prohibits contact with one's opponent. To showcase this feast of the senses, several major luxury chains--including the Meridien, Othon and Tropical groups--are offering packages for their hotels in Salvador, with costs starting at $300 a couple...
When the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica is opened for midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, 1999, it will usher in the Jubilee Year for Roman Catholics around the world. From that night until the feast of the Epiphany on Jan. 6, 2001, the Vatican has prepared a full calendar of solemn observances, including prayer vigils, ecumenical celebrations and several canonizations, over which the Pope will preside...
...dismisses big-screen TVs, arguing that the joy of television is having tiny people entertain you. "I think there should be openings for food and water so that it's as if you could actually feed the tiny people. 'Hello, tiny people! It is time for supper! Feast! Feast!'" But while she wanders to that punch line, she takes some rest stops to chat with her hand, as if it were a puppet. "You'll notice it," she says, "because I very cleverly turn to the side." The hand says, "Shut up! Tell your joke...
...this year, the latest player in the $100 billion bake-off known, charmingly enough, as home-meal replacement. You know it better as the store-bought, ready-to-eat food that is supposed to taste as if Mom made it. Foodini's is part of the evolving, highly moveable feast that has become dinner, catering to a country that wants its food fast but restaurant-quality fresh. "I work, my husband works, my daughter dances and plays soccer, and my son plays baseball," says Jan Tulk, an attorney, during her fourth trip to Foodini...
...Wolff, 39, director of veterinary services. Importing 1,000 animals to central Florida (mostly from zoos and wildlife centers) has been an education for everyone. "The mammals are trained to come in at night," says Wolff. "Do they always? No. The white rhinos went on a five-day love feast, and the male gained 50 lbs. browsing on plants. And animals are so athletic. You think an animal can jump only 10 ft. and build a barrier to keep it from doing any harm. Then, just to prove how stupid you are, it'll jump 12 ft. So we adjust...