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...first guests arrive: James and Judy Horn, a pair of young Chicago attorneys. They are celebrating their tenth wedding anniversary. George, a jolly pink-cheeked waiter whose wife has stitched his name in yarn across his jacket, takes charge of what Banchet has labeled "Le Show," wafting a silver platter laden with treasures under the noses of the astonished Horns. There is a colorful vegetable pate studded with bits of broccoli and tomato as bright as jewels. A paupiette of smoked salmon filled with fluffy crab mousse. A lobster sausage served with two sauces-one made with sea urchins...
...lunatic mob of fans that rung the Boston Garden with the Harvard Gong and so much more. Second, they belong in the record books as one of the most amazing come-from-back-in-the-pack teams in ECAC history, at team that went from garbage can to silver platter faster than you can drop the puck. And finally, and most importantly, they belong in the ECAC tournament finals tonight against Northeastern, after their 7-1 destruction of number-one-seeded Clarkson last night at the Garden...
...followed by the announcement of a mammoth arms sale has become distressingly familiar. After taking care of larger and more pressing accounts--including those of Saudi Arabia. Egypt, El Salvador, and Pakistan--it was only logical that the U.S. would get around to other prospective friends with its enticing platter of highly sophisticated armaments...
...Minority Leader Robert Byrd of West Virginia, South Carolina's Ernest Hollings and Patrick Leahy of Vermont, were photographed staring with distaste at a skimpy sample school lunch. Said FRAC Head Nancy Amidei: "We didn't have to do anything-they handed us the issue on a platter...
...stomach some of the silly shenanigans in this show, the playgoer should be prepared to do the same. Though Furth licks the platter clean with happy endings, he somewhat blurs his main point...