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...stove. The third section, with standard restaurants and chairs, serves the traditional Western favorites--sukiyaki, teriyaki and tempura. All full meals are accompanied by a delicious Japanese soup called miso, sunemono, a crab meat salad, and all the green tea you can drink. Of the liquors, the sake and plum wine are particularly worth trying...
...stranger to scruple. His daughter (Faye Dunaway), the water commissioner's widow, is troubled and dangerous, and Gittis falls for her. But whether he is really drawn to her or only uses her to advance his investigation is never made clear. The widow's part is a plum, and Dunaway does well with it whenever she relaxes and stops pushing, stops acting. A lot of her scenes are meant to be played big, however, and for these Dunaway unpacks her standard characterization of a carry-out Blanche Dubois. The widow should have the insulated look that money brings...
...passed homes under construction. Each house, finished or not, had its red-and-black-striped bomb shelter. When the war erupted last October, the settlement was evacuated. After four days the men returned to work the land. This year they will harvest the first fruits of the apple and plum trees. "We are settlers," says the acting secretary of the settlement, a young emigrant from Rumania. "We will do what the government decides, but we want to stay where...
...sooner had the Royal Ballet's prima ballerina Antoinette Sibley, 34, been given the plum of her career-a three-act version of Manon created especially for her by Choreographer Kenneth MacMillan-than she fell sick. A victim of frequent illness during her 18-year career, including tuberculosis and glandular fever, Sibley could not even start rehearsals last year because of an inflamed hip. Medication put her back on pointe, but she promptly irritated a nerve in her leg. Offstage again, she got the flu. When she finally opened in Manon last March in London, her personal triumph seemed...
...Though a plum assignment for journalists, traveling with Kissinger is also a grind. State Department Correspondent John Mulliken, who has gone on three major journeys with the Secretary of State since September and contributed to this week's cover story, notes that a day of shuttle diplomacy often starts at 4 a.m. That is the hour that baggage must be ready for X-ray examination by the Secret Service. On board the plane, Kissinger routinely briefs correspondents but rarely allows himself to be quoted directly. "Of course," says Mulliken, "no one is fooled by the titles that are used...