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...ancient gods -- Bacchus, Neptune, Zeus and Venus -- conspired to make the land a composite of holidaymakers' fantasies. Here is a never-never land built on solid ground; a fairy-tale monarchy ruled by a Renaissance King and his classically beautiful Queen; an orchid-scented garden of scintillant temples, lush jungles, palmy white beaches and a capital built along tree-shaded canals; and a gentle Buddhist retreat filled with smiling, gracious people who make "tourist industry" sound like a contradiction in terms. The most pressing problem with the "Land of Smiles" may be simply that it is too hard to resist...
...Paul's, is a hassle and uneven.) Galatoire's is a turn-of-the- century set piece with white woodwork, beveled mirrors and brass coat hooks. Waiters are crisply professional; they even chop ice from huge blocks so drinks stay cold and undiluted. The overwhelming attraction is the lush Creole seafood: shrimp remoulade with its brassy mustard and paprika-zapped sauce; plump oysters Rockefeller; trout meuniere amandine, fragrant with hot brown butter and almond slices; and eggplant with a gentle, rich seafood stuffing. No reservations, ever, not even for a native or the nominee...
SORCERESS is a historical allegory of intense emotional power and significant social content. Shot in the lush, but impoverished setting of a small French village during the Crusades, the film presents political conflicts--between Church, individual, peasant and nobleman--in the context of personal complexities...
...skirmishes and shortages are already evident across the West. In the San Francisco area, once lush gardens are withering under strict water limits. Lake Tahoe has retreated 5 ft. down its banks, leaving popular beaches high and dry, while parched Reno threatens to pump the lake still lower. In Arizona water scouts from the booming cities are roaming the landscape with checkbooks ready, buying farmland 90 miles distant just to get the groundwater rights. The vast Ogallala Aquifer, an underground lake that stretches from South Dakota to Texas, is being overdrawn by wells at a rate...
...Angeles restaurants are placing a picture of a glass of water on diners' tables instead of the real thing. Ohio's Governor Richard Celeste, surveying his once lush farm fields, sadly compares them to "sand dunes." In the South, where all outdoor watering has been banned, residents are using "gray water" -- what is left after bathing and showering -- to sprinkle plants and flowers. Along the normally wet Columbia River basin in Washington and Oregon, there is not enough water to irrigate all the fruit orchards...