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...melancholy fog shrouded the moors the night Lord Edgar brought his bride to Mandacrest. Portents of dread creaked in every dank corner of the ancient manor. The bride's sepulchral maid remained loyal beyond the grave to the first Lady Hillcrest, whose portrait was known to bleed when a stray bullet punctured the canvas. On nights when a full moon peeked through the clouds, Lord Edgar's Karloffian butler showed a disconcerting tendency to sprout wolfs hair...
...paper butterfly take flight and land against a wall, fresh and flat as new paint. In a dark, lush corner of the Garcia Marquez canvas one can see Erendira (pronounced Eh-ren-de-ra) and her dotty grandmother. They live alone, slave and exacting mistress of a crumbling manor, and when the house burns down, Grandma blames Erendira and takes the girl out to the desert to earn their keep on her back. Erendira's passive expertise as a prostitute makes her famous and her grandmother rich; soldiers and senators pay dearly for her favors. Only a young...
...debate at Pine Manor College was one of a flurry the candidates have been holding recently in the wide-open race for the Senate seat being vacated by Paul E. Tsongas...
There are two works of art in A Medieval Feast, written and illustrated by Aliki (Crowell; $9.95): the regal meal, and the author's rendering of it. Preparations at the manor house, the pursuit of pheasants by falcons, and boars by aristocrats, the serving of the rare Cockentrice (a capon and suckling pig cut in half, stuffed and sewn each to the other's half), and finally the ravenous consumption of the endless courses are researched and represented with the serene detail of an illuminated manuscript...
...Colonial Manor Nursing Home last July faced a strike by its 45 union employees. To maintain care for its 80 to 100 patients, the Ohio facility spent some $15,000 to recruit, hire and train a new staff to start when the walkout began. But on the appointed day, everyone, new and old, showed up for work. Colonial was so furious that it has slapped a $3 million suit against the Service Employees International Union for failing to carry out its strike threat. "When you think you have a wrong committed against you, you're entitled...