Word: hostessing
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...Ambassador Winston Lord and his wife turned their embassy residence into an exciting salon for Chinese intellectuals. To the delight of those artists and academics who were regulars, these gatherings offered American films, disco lessons and a rare place to talk freely to one another -- and to their effervescent hostess, Shanghai-born novelist Bette Bao Lord. Well before the advent of the democracy movement in Beijing, she began recording their uncensored life stories. Back in the U.S. after the crackdown, she spliced them together with recollections drawn from her own Chinese roots. The result is a vivid and startling mosaic...
...Angeles the names often come from studios and talent agencies; in Washington, from government and politics; in Chicago, from local pro sports teams, although any item about talk hostess Oprah Winfrey will do; in St. Louis, from Busch brewery heirs; in Boston, from the corridors of the state house and city hall, the Kennedy clan and the remnants of the Cabot-and-Lowell Brahmin aristocracy. In every city there is an inevitable reliance on local TV personalities. A few elite names are good anywhere, anytime, whether they have done something recently or not. Elizabeth Taylor and Jackie Onassis and Barbra...
...gooey snacks. This month Entenmann's introduced a dozen no-fat desserts, including Bavarian Creme Pastry and % Pineapple Crunch Cake. They are made with nonfat milk and egg whites instead of whole eggs; according to Entenmann's, they do not contain a trace of oil, margarine or butter. Meanwhile, Hostess cupcakes, a favorite after-school snack for generations of children, will now come in a 97% fat-free version. Hostess Lights will seem more like sponge cake than a cupcake...
Other manufacturers have rushed to create fat substitutes, such as olestra and Simplesse. These compounds, which have not yet received Food and Drug Administration approval, mimic the texture of fats but have considerably fewer or no calories. Liebman, whose group believes olestra is potentially cancer promoting, applauds Hostess and Entenmann's for being able to reduce fat content and preserve taste without resorting to a fat substitute...
...direction, on the whole, is good. The actors give focused, energetic performances. Worthy of mention are Suzanne Rose as an agressive talk-show hostess, China Forbes as the distasteful Duchess and Steve Robinson as the neurotic March Hare. Jon Blackstone and Tom Hale were both charming as Tweedledee and Tweedledum...