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DIED. STANLEY MARCUS, 96, pioneering high-end retailer who transformed a family-run women's-apparel store into the opulent Dallas-based emporium Neiman Marcus; in Dallas. Voted the ugliest boy in his high school class, Marcus went on to receive an M.B.A. from Harvard and made his mark in retailing with the introduction of personalized gift wrapping, in-store fashion shows and his legendary line of extravagant his-and-her gifts, which included a pair of Beechcraft airplanes...
Aquavit's fare, primarily seafood and game, is Scandinavian, but the preparation and presentation are distinctively Chef Marcus Samuelsson's, acquired on a career journey that has carried him to Paris and through Latin America. Many dishes are served on a block of translucent glass that looks like ice. One is tuna accompanied by horseradish sorbet, colder and more crystalline than the traditional horseradish in cream. Among our other favorites were a soup of sea urchin, seared foie gras and watermelon; and hot smoked arctic char with octopus, mushroom, buckwheat ragout and duck consomme...
...surroundings. Desperate to escape from Orange County, Shaun begins searching for the answers, which he finds in the form of an epiphany-inducing book buried in the sands of the local beach. The book inspires Shaun to take action, and he dedicates himself to getting into Stanford, where Marcus Skinner, the author of the book and his newfound idol, is a professor. Given his impeccable academic record, his acceptance is a sure bet. But thanks to the bumblings of his absent-minded guidance counselor, the wrong transcript gets mailed to the prestigious university, and Shaun tastes the bitterness of rejection...
...addition to the protesters, Bush also had his defenders, including Marcus Hughes, a senior at Boston Latin, who said, “We are very pleased that the president selected Latin School, because of the history as well as the talent of the students, but we would have liked to have had more students attend the event, especially the senior class...
Mainly Jackson goes up on Friday, Dec. 7 at 8 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 8 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the Rieman Auditorium. Tickets are $5 for students and $8 general. —Marcus L. Wang...