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...THOSE GORgeous trout in the film A River Runs Through It is a plaster fish that runs on an underwater track and leaps on command. Most important: it deflects possible criticism from animal-rights groups unhappy about Hollywood's hurting real trout, which were anesthetized and returned to the water once their scenes were shot...
...country garden of Act II was rendered elegant by a green-ribboned swing suspended from pipes attached to the ceiling. White trellises and plaster cherubim supporting a bird bath also added a certain turn-of-the-century...
...already booked weeks in advance, is an updated, upscale evocation of the American West rendered in buttery leather banquettes, panoramic murals and buffalo-motif chandeliers. In the street-level bar, cocktails are served with swizzle sticks that look like barbed wire, while on the ceiling a canopy of white plaster clouds floats across a starry night sky. "The world looks at America, and it thinks about the West," says Miller, who taught anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, before switching to the kitchen. "There's a spirit, a bravado, and Red Sage is part of that mythology...
Brian S. Yankee, the building's operations manager, said several fire engines responded to the alarm Friday afternoon but the fire caused only slight damage to plaster and walls...
...wooden walls will be replaced with sheet rock and plaster and many suites will be reorganized with new rooming patterns, he says...