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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...
...owner Laurence Perceval Hermet, Les Deux Abbesses is the culmination of seven years' hard work. The onetime marketing executive in Paris was passing through Saint-Arcons-d'Allier in 1998 when she was struck by its underlying beauty and saw its potential. "I first rented some houses," she says, "and privately remodeled the interiors. Then I went ahead and bought some ruined ones and turned them into more hotel rooms...
...been badly damaged by the elements. Last week a new torch based on the original 1886 design by French Sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi was raised 305 ft. to its perch in Liberty's right hand, overlooking New York Harbor. Constructed by a team of artisans from Les Métalliers Champenois of Reims, France, the 15-ft. flame is gilded with 24-karat gold leaf. During the ceremony, Regional National Park Director Herbert Cables said that the new torch would "shine more brightly than ever." Indeed, it shall. New lights will illuminate the flame when President Reagan kicks...
...nation's defenses. Because certain previously signed weapons contracts are protected from the Gramm-Rudman cuts, the burden will fall precisely where it will do the most harm to the military's readiness to fight: funds for operations, manpower, maintenance, training and supplies. Warns House Armed Services Committee Chairman Les Aspin, with perhaps a touch of hyperbole: "What you're seeing is a defense budget going down as fast as it went up, with double-digit negative growth in the future...
...achiever accustomed to getting his way, found his power diluted by scores of boards, commissions and independent-minded elected officials. His impatience with back-room deal cutting did not help to promote his costly liberal programs in a legislature dominated by Republicans and conservative Democrats. Says Republican State Senator Les Houston: "He didn't know how to compromise, and he didn't know how to learn...