Word: siestas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sizzling sex scenes that ornament her recent movies. As a prim D.A. in The Big Easy, she gets lessons in precision ecstasy from handy Dennis Quaid. A Barkin heroine will tussle with any man on even terms, perhaps to the death. In Mary Lambert's gorgeous, complex ghost story Siesta, Barkin is already dead, but that cannot stop her from a convulsive rendezvous with the aerialist of her dreams. Or from looking sensational in a stop-light red dress and a body sculpted by daily workouts. These two films, though, were cult objects for cinephiles and discriminating voyeurs. It took...
...returns streamed in, neither candidate could quite believe what was happening. Raúl Alfonsin, refreshed by a barbecue lunch and a three-hour siesta, heard the results at the home of a wealthy supporter in a Buenos Aires suburb. "Let's wait, let's wait," he cautioned excited aides. At his party headquarters downtown, Italo Luder sat forlornly in his office, shaking his head in disbelief. Luder's supporters, expecting a night of partying, instead drifted quietly out of the building. Finally, at 5:45 a.m., the perplexed Luder emerged from his office, not to concede...
...tallest buildings, making its first military purchases in years, and even considering an ambitious nuclear-power program. One government publication proudly proclaims that Mexico "is no longer a sleepy, south-of-the-border neighbor." In fact, everyone in Mexico City today seems to be in a hurry; the siesta, for all practical purposes, has ceased to exist...
Spaniards take their siesta seriously, closing stores and restaurants from two in the afternoon until about six in order to sleep. As a result, dinner time is around ten in the evening. But it's worth the wait. The regional individuality that causes so many headaches for the national government has produced a cuisine perhaps not on a par with that of the French, but superior to it in variety. The best part is that you can get a three-course meal anywhere in Spain for three or four dollars...