Word: greenes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Barillari is a disappointment. Cool grey and green inside, with an espresso bar, it gives a good first impression. But its selection is meager and confusing...
...amazement as it introduced flight insurance, in admiration as it goosed charge volume by offering to donate money to the Statue of Liberty, in wonder as it offered the platinum card (twice to a friend who was at the same time being dunned for late payments on his green card), and in awe as it offered baggage insurance against the possibility that your tennis racket would wind up in Acapulco more than six hours after you did. (A mere $4.75 a ticket buys you as much as $200 in protection against disasters such as this...
...spring's five-week tests of Channel One in six schools around the country were generally well received. "We saw positive changes in our students," reports principal Stanley Jasinskas of Eisenhower Middle School in Kansas City, Kans. "They became much more knowledgeable, and they took positions on issues." Elaine Green, assistant principal of Mumford High School in Detroit, says, "The teachers, the students, the parents were all pleased with the quality and content of the show." With educational leaders and school personnel apparently divided on the merits of the program, the battle over Channel One may have just begun...
...nearby Evanston, Ill., Leslee Reis at her enchanting Cafe Provencal underlines sauteed foie gras with mango puree and cushions roast pheasant on mushroom ravioli. The menu at Lydia Shire's Boston restaurant, Biba, which is due to open this month, will feature dishes as stylistically diverse as Thai green-curry lobster soup, salad of rock crab and sashimi, and lambs' tongues with fava beans and cilantro. Even in New Orleans, where locals still favor their own Creole-Cajun kitchen, Susan Spicer, of the Bistro at Maison de Ville, has won converts with her Provencal improvisations...
...comic books are not immune from the violent trend. While parents may fondly remember the dating shenanigans of Archie and Veronica or the wholesome exploits of superheroes, their children are now being offered a titillating blend of sadism and sex. A stripper was crucified in one issue of Green Arrow. Superman, in a story called Bloodsport, battled a deranged Viet Nam veteran who was shooting people at random on the streets of Metropolis with a gun in each hand...