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...epicenter of hedonism is New Orleans -- and, just for the record, no one from there ever called the place the Big Easy or pronounced its name "N'Awlins." The late 19th century writer Lafcadio Hearn rhapsodized about the city's sensuality -- "her nights of magical moonlight, and her days of dreamy languors and perfumes." He was even moved to compare its delicious decadence to "a dead bride crowned with orange flowers -- a dead face that asked for a kiss." Actually, the place is a lot livelier than that. It is a seething agglomeration of jazz halls, Zydeco joints...
Near the top of their set, "Take the A-Train," featuring Eric Pitt, was snappy as can be. "The Kroks' Swing Medley" followed, taking the audience back to a time before either rock 'n' roll or the Leverett Towers existed. In the medley, David Kim's crooning lead for "Moonlight Serenade" was more romantic than a moonlit night...
...Rose Sayer pouring gin over the side of the African Queen. And Jo March sliding down a banister. And Susan Vance singing to a leopard. And incredible Tracy Lord -- lighted from above, in a George Cukor close-up, dressed by Adrian, and kissed by Jimmy Stewart in the moonlight. For lovers of film, it's very hard for the artist who made these women...
...like actual shows worth watching, they feature bright-eyed hosts, enthusiastic studio audiences and bogus names like Incredible Breakthroughs and Amazing Discoveries. They are increasingly populated with celebrities. Victoria Principal, Ali MacGraw, John Ritter, Art Linkletter, Fran Tarkenton, Meredith Baxter and Cathy Lee Crosby are among the stars who moonlight as salespeople in the wee hours...
...allies were using new weapons, including fuel-air bombs, to blast paths through the minefields that soldiers and tanks would have to cross in an initial assault; and weather conditions were close to ideal. Late last week there began a period of dark nights with little or no moonlight (favorable to allied troops, whose night-fighting equipment and training are vastly superior to the Iraqis') and high tides (good for a possible amphibious assault by U.S. Marines on the Kuwaiti coast). Saddam met with his corps commanders last week, apparently to decide how to deal with the coming assault. Some...