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...Love, in the Seasons' songs, was not insulated from the outside world; it was either buffeted or strengthened by it. As Dave Marsh observes in his astute liner notes for the Anthology CD, class restrictions and parental authority play a big part. The narrator in "Dawn"-he could be the kid from the Jersey streets addressing his dream girl from a Manhattan penthouse-has convinced himself that it's better to step away rather than suffer the aristocrats' condescension. The rich boy in "Rag Doll" accedes to his parents' demands that he stay away from the poor girl ("Though...
...years. She said that the organization was excited that the CFA was moving into the neighborhood.“We are very pleased that they came out,” she said, “because we feel that in the long run they will help to preserve this marsh...the last remnant of what they called ‘the Great Swamp.’”She mentioned the improvement work that Bulfinch Companies, Inc., the developer of the CFA building, has already done in pulling up a concrete parking lot and agreeing to restore four acres...
...surprise. There had, of course, been Africans in Britain long before Victoria ascended the throne in 1837, but in the 19th century they were a familiar sight - not that you'd know that from most accounts of the old Queen's reign. Yet the show's curator, Jan Marsh, discovered that Victorian art depicted many black subjects - not only servants, but also soldiers, sailors, actors, musicians and pugilists. "I began to look more systematically and discovered hundreds [of these images]," she says. "It both reveals Victorian art as not as white as we imagine, but also Victorian society...
...menu is loaded with simple showstoppers. Appetizers like wasabi cashews and Kalamata olives marinated in pomegranate molasses whet your appetite for the unforgettable entrées: thin threads of pasta on saffron-poached artichoke hearts and creamy chard, or cheddar cheese soufflé served with samphire (a delicious salt-marsh vegetable). Then sink your spoon into lemon parfait with elderflower sorbet or cold strawberry soup with a Pimms-laced cucumber salad. Every mouthful is a parade of unique flavors you never even knew existed. No wonder curious carnivores are booking in droves. Moderate prices-just over $20 for a main...
...When Katrina's winds howled in from the lake, the thinned forest around Bayou LaBranche could do little to buffer the impact on the communities of Norco and Good Hope to the south. Nor could the area's old marshland slow the storm surge that followed; most of the marsh had long since been turned into a salty lake...