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Council sessions at the Homestead combine the rich flavor of a country weekend at a Tara-like estate with the glorious luxury of an old-fashioned transatlantic voyage. The five-star resort has three 18-hole golf courses and 15 tennis courts. In the cavernous lobby, where half a dozen roaring fireplaces give off the gentle fragrance of burning hickory and high tea is served while a string trio plays, notices offer skeet shooting or trout fishing. There is also horseback riding or jaunts in a surrey, along with bowling, swimming and spa waters...
...exit was never so easy to drive on. No cars, except for the motorcade--only people lined up on the side waving at the black limousine, with the flags streaming alongside the strong hood. "Welcome Mr. President," was spelled out on the Showcase Cinema billboard, and players on the golf course took time out from their putting to see the sight. State police officers stood at every exit, and people leaned on their cars, looking not the least bit inconvenienced by their wait to get back on the road...
...lamb chops, orange juice, cocktails, nightclubs, good grape wine, potable soft drinks (a prevalent banana concoction tastes like carbonated Brylcreem); cigars, low-tar cigarettes and Di-Gel; Kleenex, Band-Aids, shower curtains, shoeshines; and, with no sense of loss, lawns, pubs, sidewalk cafes, casinos, credit cards, commercials, news, Muzak, golf courses, public tennis courts, headwaiters, muggers and prostitutes...
...have moved harder for deregulation of natural-gas prices. He would have fought for a more restrictive federal budget and he no doubt would have a string of vetoes hanging on his belt. But he still would have called up his friend House Speaker Tip O'Neill for golf at Burning Tree to rib him about the rebellious state of the Democratic majority in Congress...
THEY DIDN'T REALLY have to be rescued. Why would they want to be? Can you imagine being on a lush tropical island with Ginger and Mary Ann? Sunshine and hammocks, golf clubs and coconut cream pie.....Sure, they had to deal with headhunters once in a while, but really...