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...ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND THE UPTOWN...
...word “dog.” Example: “Doggone!” 5. When you reach the infamous “Italian-Resaurant Scene,” and realize that two random Italian dudes are trying to help Tramp get it on with an uptown girl lapdog. 6. If you’re a wee bit turned on when Tramp fights off evil dogs/rats for his Lady. 7. At every reference to Tramp’s immense sex appeal and his numerous girlfriends. 8. When you realize that Tramp is…um…kind...
...revealingly chic outfits. Stewart puckishly demanded the world for sympathy for poor Hollywoodians: ?There are women here who could afford barely enough gown to cover their breasts.? I?m no fashion expert, but I?ll vote for Supporting Actress nominee Amy Adams, the downhome gal from Junebug looking uptown resplendent, and for whatever frock the slap-yourself-silly gorgeous Salma Hayek was wearing under her soft curls and sexy cheekbones. I?ll also hand out an Oscar for golden perkiness to Witherspoon, who looked lovely in a spangled dress, and sparkled indefatigably...
...core by offering tax incentives and other inducements for people to return. Inner New Orleans is ripe for a similar rebirth: It has the highest number of blighted and derelict houses-over 30,000-that could bring homeowners and developers back to neighborhoods like Treme, a rundown version of Uptown. "New Orleans has many historical neighborhoods with fantastic houses on high ground. We could make it richer architecturally on less land without displacing anybody involuntarily," says Kroloff. Downside? "People in New Orleans may have to trade their ranchburger lifestyle for an urban lifestyle," he says...
...that New Orleans, once 72% black, is now increasingly white-50% to 60% by some estimates. While Nagin's vow to rebuild a "chocolate" city played with the evacuee crowd in Houston and Dallas, it was not well received by middle class whites, especially those in the largely undamaged Uptown neighborhood who are back working in the city. While they will turn out to vote on election day, no one is quite sure what will happen with the out-of-town vote, much of it African-American. This week, in fact, the courts in Louisiana are expected to rule...