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...Michael's enablers are white folks. Here are the film's main black characters: his crack-addicted mother (Adriane Lenox, who's very good, considering what she's got to work with); a drug lord and his posse who try to derail Michael from his destiny; and a buppie lawyer from the NCAA who investigates a charge that the Tuohys have unfairly steered Michael, who's finally a much-recruited high school star, into the Ole Miss football program. These characters are either lost, evil or suspicious. It's as if blackness were a plague and adoption by whites...
Local currency can generate customer loyalty, but not every business feels as though it can offer a discount like the one built into BerkShares. "They just aren't viable for us," says Beth Parsons, whose family owns a grocery store in Lenox, Mass. But as a consumer, she likes the idea. Parsons recently drove to a nearby town to buy some shoes instead of getting them online. Afterward, she says, she passed a BerkShares sign "at the bank and thought, 'Oh, I should've bought BerkShare bucks to save money on these...
Berkshires Bounty. The white clapboard Gateways Inn in the Berkshires town of Lenox, Mass., was built as a summer home in 1912 and designed by Harley Procter of Procter & Gamble fame to resemble a bar of Ivory soap. Today, it's a lovely place to base a weekend getaway to the Berkshires - come here to hike around the waters of the Stockbridge Bowl, listen to the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood or tour The Mount, the home of Edith Wharton. The Gateways's innkeeper, Fabrizio Chiarello, keeps a collection of more than 200 single-malt whiskeys in the hotel's restaurant...
...Bowl is one of the best views of the Berkshires. Kripalu (57 Interlaken Road, Stockbridge, MA; 800-741-7353) offers renowned yoga and meditation classes, as well as kayaking, cycling and guided meditation walks. Healthy meals are included in your stay, but if you prefer to venture into nearby Lenox, check out the sushi at Fin (27 Housatonic Street, Lenox, MA; 413-637-9171), whose Japanese fare is as good or better than anything you'll get this side of the Pacific. Rates, including classes and meals, start at $160 per night for a shared dormitory room; private rooms start...
...without a helmet. She fell at the end of the lesson and struck her head, but was alert and conversational afterward and did not complain of any ill effects. An hour later, in her hotel room, she developed a severe headache. The next day, she was flown to Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City in critical condition, where she died on Wednesday. (See pictures of Natasha Richardson's life...