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...jammed at the casino bar. At the "888 Las Vegas Buffet," gamblers stuffed themselves silly with all-you-can-eat sushi, pasta and Indian curries for $17 a head?a bargain by local standards. Behind wooden doors, big spenders, or "whales" in Vegas lingo, enjoyed quiet VIP rooms with plush maroon chairs and lofty windows where minimum bets can reach $130. Still to come: 51 luxury suites, some with a mansion-size 740 sq m of floor space, featuring saunas, karaoke rooms, private plunge pools and Jacuzzis with views of the harbor...
Mike McCall tends just a small garden on his quarter-acre plot outside Tampa, Fla. But he owns the Hummer of all yard machines, what he calls a lawn mower on steroids. Cradled in the plush, high-backed seat of his John Deere X595, McCall, 34, manicures his lawn in a quick 20 minutes, smoking a cigar while he cuts the grass--thanks to an automatic transmission, cruise control and power steering that makes one-handed driving a snap. He can plug a CD player into the 12-volt outlet and sip a beverage from the cup holder. There...
Most obviously absent from the drive-in setting is the plush womb-like feel of the typical modern movie house. (Yes, “womb-like.” According to film theory, it’s an important aspect of the viewing experience.) It is probably this womb feel that made regular movie theaters ultimately so much more popular. But in my opinion, the drive-in’s lack of total absorption makes it a special and preferable viewing environment. The impersonal Brechtian detachment enhances the viewing pleasure—at least on the analytic level. Then again...
Most obviously absent from the drive-in setting is the plush womb-like feel of the typical modern movie house. (Yes, “womb-like.” According to film theory, it’s an important aspect of the viewing experience.) It is probably this womb feel that made regular movie theaters ultimately so much more popular. But in my opinion, the drive-in’s lack of total absorption makes it a special and preferable viewing environment. The impersonal Brechtian detachment enhances the viewing pleasure—at least on the analytic level. Then again...
...with cancer-causing PCBs, has hired high-profile attorney Laurence Tribe to convince federal courts that the Superfund law is unconstitutional. And in New Jersey, where the rabbits frolicking around the Chemical Insecticide Corp. plant once grew green-tinged fur, cleanup funds were restored only after locals sent green plush bunnies to members of Congress...