Word: forte
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Restaurateurs are amused by such antics. And delighted. "Dessert sales started going up two or three years ago, and there seems to be no end in sight," reports Leonce Picot, owner of the Down Under and Casa Vecchia in Fort Lauderdale, La Vieille Maison in Boca Raton and the Old House in Monterey, Calif. Ten years ago, only 25% to 30% of diners in his restaurants ordered dessert. Now, says Picot, as many as 70% of Florida customers and 80% of those in California are indulging. Boston's Ritz-Carlton hotel and Shaw's Crab House in Chicago confirm...
POUSSIN: THE EARLY YEARS IN ROME, Kimbell Museum, Fort Worth. The first major exhibit in North America devoted to the 17th century master who was the father of classical French painting...
...retrospective in this country, even though some of his greatest works are in American collections. But now the gap has been filled. Through Nov. 27, "Poussin: the Early Years in Rome," containing 36 paintings and 58 drawings by the master, is on view at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth. The show comes with a detailed, argumentative and altogether excellent catalog by the art historian Konrad Oberhuber, who has carried Poussin studies well beyond the point at which they were left at the death of Anthony Blunt. It will not travel to any other museums...
...There is something in the heart of every politician that loves a military installation," declared Texas Senator Phil Gramm about Capitol Hill's ingrained tradition of preserving obsolete forts. Thus it was truly historic last week when Congress approved a measure that could actually shut down some useless installations -- say, Fort Douglas, Utah, which was founded to guard stage-coach routes, or Fort Sheridan, Ill., which mainly protects its 18-hole golf course...
POUSSIN: THE EARLY YEARS IN ROME, Kimbell Museum, Fort Worth. The first major show in North America devoted to the 17th century master who was the father of classical French painting. Through...