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Miss Franny (Eva Marie Saint) is the city library’s only employee who once fought off a grizzly with a well-read hardcover of War and Peace. An expensive cameo by a veteran actress (On the Waterfront, North by Northwest), Miss Franny’s character is suitably that of the wise old teacher. The highlight of her role involves magical sadness-inducing lozenges that allow the listless residents of Naomi to express emotions to their neighbors...
...been to weekend wine festivities in Beaune, and the town knows how to throw a party. St. Vincent is the patron saint of the grape harvest, and several thousand people--locals and international guests--are expected to fête him and put in a good word for the 2005 vintage...
...Picasso refused to set foot in Spain so long as the victorious Franco still reigned. But Dali was soon returning for a part of each year--and worse, giving his blessing to the Generalissimo's wretched regime. "I have reached the conclusion," he once said, "that [Franco] is a saint." There are people who have never forgiven...
...Saint Paul, Minn. and Lowell House...
...more and more fashion houses. In recent years, Yves Saint Laurent, Ungaro and Versace have shuttered their couture operations. Last year, according to analysts' estimates, Lacroix generated about $39 million in sales from its couture, ready-to-wear and licensing businesses--with a loss of $13 million. Those in the designer's inner circle say Lacroix is bitter about the way LVMH'S chairman, Bernard Arnault, handled the sale, although Arnault shows little regret. "For 17 years we have worked to transform the company, and we have not been successful," he says. "It's time to focus on our core...