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...Japan conjures up visions of superfast trains and a superefficient railroad system. To a degree, the image is justified. The futuristic Shinkansen, or "bullet" trains, whisk passengers as far as 735 miles from Tokyo to Fukuoka City in the southernmost main island of Kyushu in six hours flat amid plush comfort. That trip costs only $31.15 for a one-way economy-class ticket with a $20.70 surcharge for first-class...
There were four men behind the door I slid open, but they waved me in vigorously and it was kind of a plush cranny, the likes of which I hadn't come close to in a while. None of them spoke English, but three of them prodded snatches of inexact but useful French out of a sullen type with a mustache, and with the additional aid of maps and newspapers, we managed a make-shift dialogue. We may not have interpreted every word in the same way, but I'm pretty sure we set a few facts straight. First...
Today, Texas Monthly has a staff of 50, plush offices on the 16th floor of an Austin bank building, and a $700,000 editorial budget-17.5% of the magazine's total expected revenues, v. an average of less than 11% at leading U.S. monthlies. Though staff members struck last summer after a Levy memo urged caution in writing about advertisers, the Texas kids are generally happy to be there. Says Senior Editor Richard West: "What could be better than writing about the land where you grew...
Donald Soule designed the plush Victorian brocade-and-high-ceilinged set in addition to the lighting. Escpecially nice are the proscenium of painted mauve curtains and the warm morning light during the breakfast scenes, which balances the ponderous family portraits and patterned wallpaper. Elaborate period costumes are by Marcia Dixcy Carr...
...they come and go; one can jump aboard a Senate subway car with lawmakers whose faces will be on the evening news. Last week the Capitol was unveiling a major new restoration−the old Senate chamber has been returned to its 19th century splendor, replete with red plush benches and coffered half-dome ceiling−just as it was when it rang with the debates of Daniel Webster, Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun...