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Several celebrities christened their newborns with distinctive monikers, from Gwyneth Paltrow's culinary cutie Apple to Helen Hunt's luau-ready Makena Lei to Julia Roberts' retro-inspired twins Phinnaeus and Hazel. What better way to preserve your kid's anonymity? And nothing helps a youngster get along at school like being named after a lunchtime staple...
...nilly by a second round and, worse, by a blizzard of monster concessions to corporate interests. A recent example is instructive: this month Congress hilariously transformed the closing of a $5 billion tax break for exporters, which was required by a World Trade Organization ruling, into a $137 billion luau for special interests, including NASCAR track owners, railroads and makers of fishing-tackle boxes. It used to be that such bills came with matching revenue-raising provisions. Not in this Administration. The President signed the fiasco, as he has every other spending opportunity to reach his desk. This...
...play anything you ask for,” a reggae act and a local jazz artist. In the near future, the restaurant will host a number of special events aimed at students—a CD release party for an up-and-coming singer/songwriter and a kickoff summer luau...
...LUAU 2003. Join the Harvard Hawaii Club, Holoimua O Hawaii, in celebrating its fourth annual Luau. In Hawaii, luaus are local-style parties held to celebrate special events, such as births or weddings. Here at Harvard, the luau is a time for Hawaii natives and enthusiasts to join with members of the commmunity in a celebration of Hawaiian culture. The evening includes an assortment of traditional Hawaiian food, island music, and a show featuring Polynesian song and dance. Saturday, March 15, at 8:00 p.m. Tickets $10, available at the Harvard Box Office or by phone...
...first brush with television fame—and with a pre-”Felicity” Keri Russell—as I sat in on a taping of “The Mickey Mouse Club.” The festivities at my ninth birthday party included a Polynesian luau at one of the Disney resort hotels. In fifth grade I represented my school as a recipient of a Disney Dreamer and Doer award for displaying Walt’s favorite characteristics of curiosity, courage, constancy and confidence. I survived my first “camping” experience...