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...work, staged by the Houston Grand Opera as part of a triple commission by the Kennedy Center and La Scala, is a two-hour sequel to Bernstein's 1952 Trouble in Tahiti, a one-act gem stone that gently chided the false contentment of the burgeoning new American suburbs, while poignantly focusing on the failing marriage of an archetypal couple, Sam and Dinah. In its fluid, assured handling of styles, its economy of means and its genuine melodic inspiration, Trouble in Tahiti is a small masterpiece...
...Elsie's is a Harvard institution, supplying delicious, cheap, hot pastrami sandwiches to legions of River House residents down through the years. (The Kennedys allegedly came here for snacks following touch football games in front of Winthrop House.) By the way, the chef's salad is an underrated gem. Tommy's just down Mt. Auburn St., is every bit the venerable institution, having served pinball-players and procrastinators for over 25 years now. The cheese steak sub is marvelous at 1 a.m. With these two stalwarts in tow, you'll find little reason to check out Mug and Muffin over...
...bring admiration for the pronouncer. He spoke at the Smithsonian Institution last month on T.R. as a writer, noting that Roosevelt indulged in the biting phrase for the sheer joy of it. "One often heard the undertone of Homeric chuckling," said Morris, when Roosevelt delivered himself of another polished gem, "as if, after all, he loved the fun of hating what he hated." Few people could stay angry at such artistry and boyishness...
...access to the stone were a number of "very special clients," who were allowed to handle the diamond briefly while examining it. One of them may have been a little too special. FBI investigators believe that the switch was probably made during one of the intervals when the gem was out of the display case. They are now studying the videotapes to try to determine who did it. Said FBI Spokesman Joseph Valiquette: "It was a very professional...
...boxes and clocks, perfume flacons, letter openers and an art nouveau cigarette case given to Edward VII, to what Fabergé called his objets de fantaisie: a windup, tail-wagging silver rhinoceros, a love-sick frog on a silver column, and-in jade, nephrite, agate, chalcedony, quartzite and other gem stones-a dormouse out of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, a litter of four sleeping piglets, and minimenageries of meticulously observed birds, fish and beasts...