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Glossy magazines have their appeal, and were this movie not so abominably bad, audiences would have been content to watch two beautiful people doing the F-thing for two hours. Yet, I suspect 9 1/2 Weeks will die on the vine, for audiences are willing to take emotional alienation only so far, and this type of fantasy is more like a nightmare...
...Flight into Egypt, which is not in the show, and the Metropolitan's Musicians and the Uffizi Bacchus, which are. The Bacchus is detached, down to the last dirty fingernail on his pudgy hand: not a god, but a pouting, weary-eyed model in costume, his crown of vine leaves rendered with sparkling exuberance, his flesh slack and tallowy, and half the fruit bruised or rotten...
...Custer die on the gentle hill where his body was found, or by the river as Indian tales say? Did the last troopers, as Indian veterans claimed, commit suicide to avoid being tortured? "The myths around Custer and the battle have become much bigger than the facts," says Vine Deloria, a Sioux author. "This could help set the record straight...
Fire fighters battling brushfires in Southern California's Los Padres National Forest have long had to cope with an occupational hazard beyond that of smoke and flames: poison oak, the Western cousin of poison ivy. Not only do they risk coming into contact with the vine, but they also breathe in fumes from its burning leaves, often resulting in infections of the eyes, throat and lungs, as well as rashes and itching skin. "It's almost everywhere," says Forest Service Researcher Jerry Oltman. "It's a real problem...
When there were relatively few wine makers and their names were mostly well known, the illustrations on labels were usually austere monotone depictions of vine rows or chateaux. With the proliferation of new vineyards in the past 15 years, more and more wineries have learned that a distinctive label can be the decisive factor in selling a bottle. Artful packaging, most notably in California, has become almost as important in the industry as the vintner's art. Says Marshall Ream of the Santa Ynez Valley's Zaca Mesa Winery: "You've got to put on a better...