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They could next drive south to Newport, R.I., a Victorian throwback, once the exclusive playground of the American aristocracy. The Vanderbilt mansions are overwhelmingly beautiful; the lobster is superb. A resident proudly informs them that here "the tomato was first introduced into America." Later Twain explains to the Englishmen what a tomato...
...attack. Mechanization has come to underground mines, too. In the big ones, miners no longer loosen the coal with explosives and pry it from the seam with pickaxes; they work continuous mining machines that cost $200,000 apiece and look like a cross between a chain saw and a lobster. The machines nose up to the coal vein and rip out ten tons of coal a minute; then their clawlike arms sweep the coal onto conveyor belts. The most efficient underground mines have "longwall" machines that continuously shear the coal vein, much as a delicatessen slicer cuts salami...
...demonstration flights. But with TV crews and interviewers blocking the narrow aisle, even they had difficulty coping with the limited space. The tiny galleys produced two hot-food choices: duck and steak. I chose steak, and it arrived thoroughly overdone, though upgraded by a prior portion of caviar and lobster hors d'oeuvres and a fine 1970 Château Brane-Cantenac. The passengers did not seem to mind the limited menu or the out-of-the-way destination. Said the Duchess of Argyll, 62: "I would have flown her anywhere...
Died. Paul Aldermandt Porter, 71, eminent Washington lawyer and raconteur, who held a string of important federal posts three decades ago; after choking on a bite of lobster in a Washington restaurant. Porter worked his way through Kentucky Wesleyan College and the University of Kentucky College of Law with newspaper jobs, and in 1929 became editor of the La Grange (Ga.) News. He served as publicity director for the Democratic National Committee during President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1944 campaign, later became chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, head of the Office of Price Administration, then the ambassador leading...
...more importantly, Swept Away itself has clear comic overtones. Raffaela is too bitchy, too hysterically ludicrous, not to be a conscious caricature; the island, whose tropical climate never changes, is so lush and idyllic that Gennarino has only to reach into the water to produce a giant lobster. Surely whatever happens here cannot be a direct statement about the real world...