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...Together, the hotel's houses and château are known as Les Deux Abbesses (lesdeuxabbesses.com)-named after Isabel and Gabrielle de Lafayette, two 16th century mothers superior (and ancestors of the Franco-American revolutionary, Marquis de Lafayette), who used Saint-Arcons-d'Allier as their summer retreat. They would be gratified to know that the village fulfils the same function today (the hotel is closed in winter), and relieved to hear that the original architecture has been respected. The rooms come appointed with antique Auvergnat furniture, Renaissance fireplaces, and even bread ovens. (If you would rather break bread than...
...dependence on sugar cane toward a more diversified industrial base in electronics and light manufacturing. Some observers believe that the island's agriculture is still wedded psychologically to sugar and is not truly interested in any other crop. Says Fernando Santiago, operator of a 600-acre farm in Santa Isabel: "Agriculture doesn't believe in vegetables...
...April 27 proprietors Steve and Isabel Darwin opened the new shop at 1629 Cambridge St.—right across from the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. According to veteran Darwin’s cook Russ Cowen, business has been good from...
Malkin had slightly different motives from the rest of the spouse-seeking undergraduates, though, since he married his childhood sweetheart, Isabel Wein, the summer after his graduation. Wein attended Bradford Junior College while he was at Harvard...
...them committed to mental hospitals. A poll carried out by the Madrid-based Center for Sociological Investigation showed that 66% of people were in favor of same-sex marriages, compared to 26% opposed. "It just shows how far Spain has come in a relatively short time," says Madrid teacher Isabel Flores. "There was much more outrage when divorce or abortion were legalized. Now, it seems as if only the lunatic fringe [is] really against gay marriages...