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...decade of empire revivalism. From the masterful televison adaptation of Paul Scott's Raj Quartet to an inept film of E.M. Forster's A Pasage to India--even Bertolucci's The Last Emperor--films about imperialism, and particularly its demise, have become hits here and in Europe. Offering torrid plots set in tropical lands, films about empire have the perfect formula for success--glory, romance, violence and politics...
After sweltering through a succession of torrid, hazy and humid days, thousands of New Yorkers sought relief early last month by heading for the area's public beaches. What many found, to their horror and dismay, was an assault on the eyes, the nose and the stomach. From northern New Jersey to Long Island, incoming tides washed up a nauseating array of waste, including plastic tampon applicators and balls of sewage 2 in. thick. Even more alarming was the drug paraphernalia and medical debris that began to litter the beaches: crack vials, needles and syringes, prescription bottles, stained bandages...
Even so, for years most Americans were content to imagine the Latin world as a tropical paradise or a giant border town, a torrid zone just across the line of sexual decorum, that most heavily policed boundary in the American psyche. Though that image is being discarded, it is not going without a fight. In a Miami department store not long ago, the Cuban-born fashion designer Adolfo, a favorite of Nancy Reagan's, was pained to overhear two women express surprise that he was the creator of a collection that was elegant and simple. "Obviously," he laments, "they just...
...half, Kansas swished 71 percent of its shots, bringing back memories of the 1985 Villanova Wildcats, who defeated Georgetown in the title game with a torrid 78.6 mark...
...then Phillips got his basketball hands back, and he's been one of Harvard's top players ever since. Since his slow start Phillips has shot 76-for-164 (44.3 percent) and has burned plenty of opponents from three-point range, shooting a torrid 53.6 percent (30-for-56). Now the forward has pulled his scoring average into double figures...