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...though he does steal peeks. Ogling is really all he's interested in, and all that Baker seems to feel readers need to sustain their interest. That's fairly patronizing and more than a little feebleminded, though maybe he is right. Still, an onlooker wonders whether Baker's eye-roller was really the best that Random House could do to fill out the pop-schlock portion of its spring list...
Even by New Orleans' lusty standards for revelry, last week's finale to weeks of Mardi Gras merrymaking was an epic blowout. There were John Bobbitt mimics, a Tonya Harding on roller skates with a baseball bat, and vendors peddling condom keychains. The 10-hour parade was viewed by 1 million revelers who overflowed hotels and French Quarter restaurants. As grateful merchants totted up the $10 million infusion, swelled for the first time by a riverboat casino, tourist-commission spokeswoman Beverly Gianna pronounced it "a grand and glorious party...
...billion. Its new buildings, dominated by the 73-story First Interstate Bank Tower, have been constructed with strong earthquakes in mind. Fire officials last week privately informed civilian volunteers that if the Big One hit near downtown, the new buildings ought to remain standing on their flexible spring-and-roller suspension systems even if the streets below were littered with 12-ft. drifts of fallen glass from their windows...
CREDIT: [TMFONT 1 d #666666 d {Sources: Gallup; CNN; USA TODAY}]CAPTION: THE CLINTON ROLLER COASTER...
...providing a remarkable picture of the world in which the Kittredges and their friends live, but they provide a stark contrast to the handful of shots taken in the less ethereal parts of the city. When Paul moves in with two aspiring actors in their flat above a roller disco Downtown, and when he phones Ouisa from the West Village, the love affair between New York and the camera cools. We can truly see the disparity of the worlds in which New York's rich and poor live, and sense the unease which this creates...