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That's not the only difference. In style, the two magazines are totally incongruous: The Lampoon publishes out of a building called "the Castle," hosts black-tie lobster and caviar fetes and toasts the top comedians in the country...
...flute of his favorite pink Laurent Perrier champagne at the nearby presidential palace. Like an amiable monarch amid courtiers, he bows gracefully to kiss a woman's hand and banters politely with a local Jesuit priest before herding everyone across an immense terrace toward a buffet laden with lobster and thick steaks. In the 100 degrees heat, a wave of satisfaction seems to envelop the presidential party, a sense that all is still well in this remote hinterland far from the chaos afflicting the rest of the country...
...after him: besides the Thomasons, there is Gary Belz, whose family owns the landmark Peabody hotel in Memphis and who moved to California two years ago, where he runs recording studios and studies the teachings of an Indian guru. And then there is Stone, Roger's manager, who favors lobster dinners and snakeskin boots and spent years sharing the road and mountaintop commune of the heavy-metal boogie band Black Oak Arkansas...
Bronson said that there will also be new vendors, and a greater variety of concessions from which to choose. In addition to the usual--pizza, sausage, cotton candy, popcorn and hot dogs--the vendors will offer homemade chicken soup, Legal Seafood's clam chowder and lobster salad sandwiches...
...need for a stronger inspection system has been underscored by a number of incidents. Last week three former inspectors for the Food and Drug Administration pleaded guilty to accepting bribes in return for approving mercury-tainted swordfish and decomposing lobster. And last month the FDA revealed that a shipment of contaminated tuna from Ecuador led to an outbreak of food poisoning involving 79 people in eight states...