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...Print journalists, such as TIME's Karen Tumulty, are treated to screenings in an auditorium at the Old Executive Office Building. "It's very much like a movie theater, right down to the plush folding seats, and the tapes are showing pretty much continuously. At certain times, though, (White House aide) Lanny Davis has put together highlight films, and we can shout 'go back' or whatever...
...have gone back about once every three or four years, and the magic seems never to wear off, the sight of the pink drapes, the mirrors, the candelabrum sconces, the red plush chairs, the candles flickering on the white linen--it still elates me, the Silver Butter Knife feels like a bright sword in my hand. And last year I returned with four old friends and my wife Jenny. It was one of the happiest nights I can remember, everyone yakking and laughing, eating steak, drinking a big booming red wine, feeling flush and lovable. And then I went back...
Devotion to the band and her music is impressive enough. But The Kelley Deal 6000 tours without the plush accouterments of a big-name rock band. After The Breeders and rehab, Deal effectively restarted her career. She had the Deal legacy to build on, but decided anyway to start her own label in an effort to define herself as Kelley Deal, apart from her identity as an ex-Breeder. Ross is the only roadie. As a nascent label, Nice Records can't afford a palatial tour bus. They drive around the country in a comfortable RV that was parked around...
...that Eisenberg began hosting her now famous student dinners, welcoming small groups into rooms filled with the sights and sounds of the world, where ebony sculptures from Africa keep company with plush Oriental rugs and scents of paella-her specialty dish of rice, yellow saffron and chicken or "whatever you have in the house"-fill...
Until now, the casinos have taken advantage of federal laws that allow Native American tribes to duplicate any form of gambling currently legal in the surrounding states, laws which have allowed them to build casinos reminiscent of Las Vegas-plush carpets, smoky rooms and an atmosphere outside of time. Soon, however, there are subtle differences: the motifs are of dreamcatchers and cacti, and the rooms are labeled with Native American names. More importantly, the casinos' impact can be felt beneficially 50 miles away, in the low-income neighborhoods of San Diego...