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...Vacant housing units are symptoms of serious problems: blight, impending demolition, illegal condo(minim) conversion, speculation...," says the explanatory sheet on the referendum prepared by the CRCC. To prevent this, the group wants to make it illegal to keep housing vacant for more than 90 days...
French Designer Pierre Cardin, 60, takes pride in having brought haute couture to the masses. Now he wants to do the same with haute cuisine. This month Cardin, who owns the famed Maxim's restaurant in Paris, opened a fast-food spinoff called Minim's for gourmet diners whose tastes are richer than their pocketbooks. Says he: "It is a democratic effort to give everybody a chance at happiness...
Located on the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore, Paris' poshest shopping avenue, Minim's features the miniwich, a two-bite sandwich for seven francs (about $1) that is stuffed with such fillings as goose liver pâté or tomato and Gruyère cheese. For a little more than $3, patrons can partake of "eggplant caviar" in an avocado boat or hearts of palm peppered with paprika. While the $6 to $9 bill for a full meal may be more than at a Burger King in Paris, the price beats the $75 average at Maxim...
Cardin plans to sell franchises for some 200 Minim's restaurants worldwide, and 30 of the fancy fast-food shops may open in major U.S. cities by the end of 1984. Early reviews from curious Parisians and tourists who filled Minim's last week were mixed. Said one finicky Frenchwoman who thought her quiche mediocre: "Given the quality of Maxim's, I had expected more." But an American woman said of her Minim's meal, "It was a Maximizing experience...
...Minim says "In my opinion, the trouble with women's magazines in the past is that they have been relentlessly one-dimensional, recognizing only a women's acceptable lighter side, refusing to acknowledge her sexuality, her anger and her tears. I'll be damned if Playgirl falls into that trap." But in fact Playgirl and Viva editors, writers, and photographers acknowledge a woman sexually only as ogled objects of men's lust rather than active reciprocal partners in sexual relationships...