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...Americans would stick to beer and whiskey, the grape farmers in Bill Barich's first novel, Carson Valley (Pantheon; 337 pages; $25), would not have to work as hard as they do. Slaking the thirst of the growing number of wine drinkers takes time and muscle. So where does Arthur Atwater, manager of Victor Torelli's vineyard, find the energy to have a grand cru romance with Anna, the boss's daughter? From the same source of instinctive vitality that drives every other plant and creature in California's wantonly fertile Sonoma County...
...noticed. I am aware that Ariel probably doesn't think that having the fourth-highest percentage of overweight residents (after New Orleans; Norfolk, Virginia; and San Antonio, Texas) is something to boast about. I am aware that she would not understand the pride I heard in the voice of Arthur Bryant, the legendary Kansas City barbecue man, many years ago when he told me his method of preparing French fries: "I get fresh potatoes and I cook them in pure lard. If you want to do a job, you do a job." Still, the best way to deal with people...
...with Secrets & Lies, I have no idea what Hamlet is doing here, since Kenneth Branagh preened so much over not altering Shakespeare's text. Arthur Miller is a hard name to ignore, but the Academy and the public have found it in them to ignore The Crucible altogether. Not enough people understood the accents in Trainspotting to know if the script was any good. That leaves The English Patient and Sling Blade, both of which created complex characters and entire communities, and both of which have key support from the massive actors' branch...
Your report raised disturbing questions: Why were the Project Safehaven documents ever classified by the U.S. government? Why did they remain classified? Who in the U.S. knew how much money was really involved? Who made money besides the "gnomes of Zurich"? ARTHUR S. TISCHLER Newton, Massachusetts
Rashid Bey and freshman Arthur Davis hit consecutive 3-pointers that helped St. Joseph's hold off Pacific...