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24a0ba666b066f4885703cae99bb66aa | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-28-me-28797-story.html | Producer Is a Focus of Sony Inquiry; Denies Ties to Fleiss : Movies: Sources say parent company of Columbia Pictures is trying to determine if studio funds were used improperly. Filmmaker Steve Roth’s lawyer says there has been no impropriety. | Producer Is a Focus of Sony Inquiry; Denies Ties to Fleiss : Movies: Sources say parent company of Columbia Pictures is trying to determine if studio funds were used improperly. Filmmaker Steve Roth’s lawyer says there has been no impropriety.
Steve Roth, a producer of “Last Action Hero,” is a focus of the Sony Picture... |
bc60e2040631085e24296b3b19c8eecf | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-29-ca-29282-story.html | COVER STORY : Storming Back From the Brink : The pressures of success nearly did in Kurt Cobain and Nirvana. Now, after a break--and with a new album--he’s set to rock again. But don’t expect the elder statesman of grunge to be a role model or anything | COVER STORY : Storming Back From the Brink : The pressures of success nearly did in Kurt Cobain and Nirvana. Now, after a break--and with a new album--he’s set to rock again. But don’t expect the elder statesman of grunge to be a role model or anything
As Kurt Cobain walks into the living room of his rented house, he’s... |
34dd34635bfbd6a0c04d9019e975c164 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-29-tv-28997-story.html | WITH AN EYE ON ... : Clare Carey’s real family upbringing helps her on the set of ‘Coach’ | WITH AN EYE ON ... : Clare Carey’s real family upbringing helps her on the set of ‘Coach’
“You gotta grab for the food quickly or you don’t get any,” says Clare Carey of her big family. Carey, who plays Kelly, Craig T. Nelson’s loving daughter on ABC’s “Coach,” is one of eight children.
“My sister and I got left behind... |
afe8a5d80be25d8d4261e221d795530b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-31-mn-29753-story.html | Jackson Family Members Break Silence, Defend Michael | Jackson Family Members Break Silence, Defend Michael
Members of Michael Jackson’s family broke their silence Monday and publicly defended their son and sibling against allegations of sexual abuse during a news conference called to promote a television special.
At the outset, a publicist warned that the allegations agai... |
6b5ff06ccfddd93fc13c75b8a6697d06 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-01-sp-30181-story.html | Punter Horan Might Wind Up With Rams : Football: Former Bronco and ex-Seahawk defensive lineman Woods could be added to roster before the season begins. | Punter Horan Might Wind Up With Rams : Football: Former Bronco and ex-Seahawk defensive lineman Woods could be added to roster before the season begins.
Former Seattle defensive lineman Tony Woods might be rejoining Coach Chuck Knox today, and former Denver punter Mike Horan, who played at Sunny Hills High School, Full... |
de4e657a6fad66fc4cab24703cfffe88 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-01-vw-30166-story.html | Literary Sleuth : Scholar Kathryn Lindskoog of Orange, author of ‘Fakes, Frauds and Other Malarkey,’ opened a can of worms by claiming a C.S. Lewis hoax. | Literary Sleuth : Scholar Kathryn Lindskoog of Orange, author of ‘Fakes, Frauds and Other Malarkey,’ opened a can of worms by claiming a C.S. Lewis hoax.
Blame it on Nancy Drew. When Kathryn Lindskoog was in the fourth grade, her family lived in an Oklahoma town where, since there was no library and not much of anythin... |
f41b800907a30f5aebb643ae15014175 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-04-me-31628-story.html | Actor Testifies Against His Alleged Attacker : Courts: Jameson Parker of the TV series “Simon & Simon” says a neighbor, charged with attempted murder, shouted obscenities and shot him twice. | Actor Testifies Against His Alleged Attacker : Courts: Jameson Parker of the TV series “Simon & Simon” says a neighbor, charged with attempted murder, shouted obscenities and shot him twice.
Television actor Jameson Parker, shot twice allegedly during an argument with a neighbor in October, took the witness stand Frida... |
4428101ce5792b225fe81b83084aa96f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-08-mn-32848-story.html | State Senate OKs Bicycle Helmet Law for Children | State Senate OKs Bicycle Helmet Law for Children
With no votes to spare, the state Senate on Tuesday approved legislation requiring all bicycle riders in California under the age of 18 to wear crash helmets or pay a fine of $25.
A 21-13 vote, the precise majority required, sent the proposal back to the Assembly, which ... |
c3ba401da480beb476c9497f58d7a0e1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-10-ca-33420-story.html | MOVIE REVIEW : Rehashing the ’92 Race for President | MOVIE REVIEW : Rehashing the ’92 Race for President
In the provocative “The Last Party” (at selected theaters) actor Robert Downey Jr. introduces himself as a member of the generation born during Vietnam and matured (hopefully) by the time of the Gulf War. He gives us the impression that he partied away the ‘80s but is... |
20905cbd0a4b522142f108d743bc519b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-11-ca-33817-story.html | Be Glad You’re Not Chevy Chase : Television: For an hour billed as not being a traditional talk show, Fox’s ‘Chevy Chase Show’ is just that. The big difference: a painfully ill-equipped host. | Be Glad You’re Not Chevy Chase : Television: For an hour billed as not being a traditional talk show, Fox’s ‘Chevy Chase Show’ is just that. The big difference: a painfully ill-equipped host.
He’s Chevy Chase, and they’re not.
Yes, Jay Leno, David Letterman, Arsenio Hall and Ted Koppel must be real crushed about that.
... |
75ac0de190aeb314181dae66b79c8e82 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-11-fi-34110-story.html | Museum-Quality Cockroaches | Museum-Quality Cockroaches
Cockroaches crawling under the kitchen sink, fleas giving the family dog fits, moths making nests in the sweater pile. Not your standard museum display.
But a bug’s-eye view of an ordinary household is just that: one of the creepy, crawly exhibits in the Smithsonian Institution’s renovated in... |
7eb1ae895d2b6b0734917586eba65002 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-16-ca-35633-story.html | TV REVIEWS : ‘Frasier’ Brings Cheer, ‘Sinbad’ Warmth | TV REVIEWS : ‘Frasier’ Brings Cheer, ‘Sinbad’ Warmth
Two more network comedies arrive tonight. One of them, “Frasier,” has that can’t-miss stamp, less from the humor it displays--which is promising--than from the fact that it spins off a popular “Cheers” supporting character in a time slot that follows the NBC hit “Sei... |
3d1c9c0bffad5418c369cbae8a2af2e1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-19-mn-36976-story.html | Danish Pastry: A Mistake That Conquered the World : Food: The treat originated 350 years ago when a French baker forgot the butter, folding it in later to try to cover up his mistake. He ended up with a light dough that traveled the globe. | Danish Pastry: A Mistake That Conquered the World : Food: The treat originated 350 years ago when a French baker forgot the butter, folding it in later to try to cover up his mistake. He ended up with a light dough that traveled the globe.
Danish pastry is really French and was born of a baker’s mistake, but it has nea... |
07e52107117ef7deb551f230ccfe6a30 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-20-me-37242-story.html | IRVINE : Librarian Builds Asian Collection | IRVINE : Librarian Builds Asian Collection
Walk into the UC Irvine library’s East Asia collection and you have entered the domain of Bill Wong.
Working quietly from his small library office, Wong, 50, has built from scratch over the last three years a highly respected 60,000-volume collection that covers everything fro... |
e73ec45e9753b03b65c44e10acbbfa85 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-23-fo-38084-story.html | The Richest Nut of All | The Richest Nut of All
Regarded as the world’s finest nut, the macadamia is a treasure for the cook. Because it is the richest of nuts and the most subtle in flavor, the creamy-beige nut makes superb sauces for delicate seafood and light meats. Buttery, crisp and slightly sweet, the nuts add an elegant touch to salads ... |
81743f7cba338b7ab86026efd7bb853f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-25-me-38994-story.html | Hosts’ Injections Create Tense Moment on TV | Hosts’ Injections Create Tense Moment on TV
ABC’s “Home” show host Gary Collins on Friday took a blood test for the human immunodeficiency virus, which causes AIDS, after a doctor demonstrating flu shots during a live television broadcast accidentally injected co-host Sarah Purcell with the same needle he had just used... |
e33cca09c8883ae284b8286585baa4b2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-25-mn-38985-story.html | Mystery Virus Kills 200 Wild Deer in Northern California | Mystery Virus Kills 200 Wild Deer in Northern California
An estimated 200 wild deer, mostly fawns, have died after being stricken by an unknown virus in suburban and remote mountain areas of Northern California, state wildlife officials reported Friday.
Many fawns had no symptoms when they died, while others have shown... |
b73ebd9979b692a4e06b46561a650641 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-26-ci-39037-story.html | CRENSHAW : New Founders Bank Branches Operating | CRENSHAW : New Founders Bank Branches Operating
Founders National Bank has opened two new branches, bringing to fruition a deal it made last January when it bought two sites from Bank of America that were to be closed.
The branches, at Crenshaw Boulevard and Stocker Street and at Western Avenue and 43rd Street, bring t... |
16452fa314f261378a6ea8b5615c3b49 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-29-sp-40088-story.html | Piazza Ties Rookie Record, Helps Beat Cubs : Dodgers: His two runs batted in during 6-5 victory match mark of 106 by Bissonette in 1928. | Piazza Ties Rookie Record, Helps Beat Cubs : Dodgers: His two runs batted in during 6-5 victory match mark of 106 by Bissonette in 1928.
Three pieces of unfinished business remain on the Dodgers’ agenda as the season winds down.
The first task is calculating the damage catcher Mike Piazza inflicts on an assortment of c... |
2f06c91d58a9947f07772dba10f7089a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-01-ca-40801-story.html | MOVIE REVIEW : ‘Cool’: Hot on Trail of Feel-Good Comedy | MOVIE REVIEW : ‘Cool’: Hot on Trail of Feel-Good Comedy
Bobsledding is not exactly the first thing anyone would associate with Jamaica, but it’s precisely the unlikeliness of that combination that fuels “Cool Runnings” (citywide), a sweet-natured, high-spirited comedy, that rare movie that plays effectively to all ages... |
3c0a408aa9e2a6669db6ecadbf969cb3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-03-tm-41595-story.html | The Mirrors of Mauna Kea : Daringly Different, Keck Observatory’s Multifaceted Telescope Will Look Back to the Origins of the Universe | The Mirrors of Mauna Kea : Daringly Different, Keck Observatory’s Multifaceted Telescope Will Look Back to the Origins of the Universe
Winds have been howling over the 13,794-foot summit of Mauna Kea for almost a week, frequently gusting above 100 m.p.h. A transmitter atop the dormant volcano blew down the night before... |
d46b440d0f158a091d4d7deff97742c3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-06-mn-42665-story.html | Sen. Hutchison Puts Koresh Lawyer on Her Defense Team | Sen. Hutchison Puts Koresh Lawyer on Her Defense Team
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) has hired Houston attorney Dick DeGuerin, who was the lawyer for cult leader David Koresh, to lead her defense against official misconduct charges, her office announced Tuesday.
Hutchison also named to her defense team University o... |
80617ef2982b91285fff37045bdd8d2b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-07-me-43088-story.html | Chippendale’s Owner Indicted in Choreographer’s 1987 Slaying : Crime: Somen Banerjee is accused of arranging the unsolved killing. The charges are part of an expanding investigation in the murder-for-hire case. | Chippendale’s Owner Indicted in Choreographer’s 1987 Slaying : Crime: Somen Banerjee is accused of arranging the unsolved killing. The charges are part of an expanding investigation in the murder-for-hire case.
A federal grand jury has indicted the owner of Chippendale’s, the male stripper club, for allegedly orchestra... |
8a36239f2430dc1a687f0558179e882c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-09-hm-43868-story.html | GARDENING : <i> En Garde</i> : Live Fences Protect -- and Beautify | GARDENING : <i> En Garde</i> : Live Fences Protect -- and Beautify
Fences define property boundaries, keep out intruders (one hopes), keep in dogs or children, rarely keep cats in or out, protect your privacy (somewhat), but seldom add visual appeal.
Living fences, on the other hand, can do all of the above and be beau... |
9b12e2ded04a393bff05a017e6365edb | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-12-fi-44960-story.html | Hoping for a Box Office Blowout on ‘Demolition Man’ | Hoping for a Box Office Blowout on ‘Demolition Man’
“Demolition Man” had better demolish the box office.
The Warner Bros. movie opened to great business over the weekend, grossing $14.3 million. But it will take many more impressive weekends to make a success of the picture, since cost overruns drove the combined produ... |
1c41e28695a903d8250580e91fa72070 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-14-gl-45641-story.html | C. E. Perkins, Innovative City Manager, Dies at 89 | C. E. Perkins, Innovative City Manager, Dies at 89
Flags flew at half-staff over City Hall on Tuesday as Glendale bid farewell to one of its most influential municipal leaders, former City Manager C. E. (Gene) Perkins, dead at age 89.
In a ceremony at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park in Glendale, Perkins was eulogized as the ... |
7c4ec02fa6233b64e83cddef657d854d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-14-mn-45494-story.html | La Jolla Surfer Among Nobel Science Winners | La Jolla Surfer Among Nobel Science Winners
Kary B. Mullis, an intellectual maverick who surfs La Jolla beaches at sunrise and skates on Rollerblades every night, was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday along with Michael Smith of Vancouver, Canada, for fundamental breakthroughs in genetics. The Nobel Prize ... |
938ff75a023e26c10d9c838a4bc40e8d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-14-mn-45497-story.html | Study Finds That Mozart Music Makes You Smarter : Science: IQ scores improved after students listened to a sonata. But the gain is temporary, researchers note. | Study Finds That Mozart Music Makes You Smarter : Science: IQ scores improved after students listened to a sonata. But the gain is temporary, researchers note.
Those who hope to seem smarter by listening to Mozart may be on to something. At least temporarily.
Researchers at the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning a... |
fea2df5a62eb921485d5ae1dcc8118f8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-15-mn-45967-story.html | Somalis Free U.S. Pilot; Lawmakers Back Clinton Aims : Africa: President cites Durant’s release as sign his policy is working. Aidid surfaces, tells reporters it was goodwill gesture. Senators agree to accept March 31 pullout date. | Somalis Free U.S. Pilot; Lawmakers Back Clinton Aims : Africa: President cites Durant’s release as sign his policy is working. Aidid surfaces, tells reporters it was goodwill gesture. Senators agree to accept March 31 pullout date.
Army helicopter pilot Michael J. Durant, badly battered but apparently in good spirits, ... |
20c9faed15c8d712e1471607af083330 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-18-mn-47225-story.html | COLUMN ONE : Striking a Blow for Equality : Dallas Malloy has won her fight to be America’s first sanctioned female amateur boxer. The scrappy 16-year-old knows the rewards of blood, sweat and a killer instinct. | COLUMN ONE : Striking a Blow for Equality : Dallas Malloy has won her fight to be America’s first sanctioned female amateur boxer. The scrappy 16-year-old knows the rewards of blood, sweat and a killer instinct.
For American women, so many firsts have been achieved, so many barriers overcome that only the rare and most... |
85ab08ec73254a63068738cb09e8fc64 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-24-ca-49148-story.html | They Sure Figured Something Out : Jimmy Iovine and Ted Field have broken all the rules at Interscope Records and it’s paid off--they’re the hottest act in the business. : What’s their secret? Don’t be afraid of the two “Cs"--creativity and controversy | They Sure Figured Something Out : Jimmy Iovine and Ted Field have broken all the rules at Interscope Records and it’s paid off--they’re the hottest act in the business. : What’s their secret? Don’t be afraid of the two “Cs"--creativity and controversy
Jimmy Iovine, whose credits as a record producer and engineer range ... |
d8dff59a10f39dd24860581d08b8aeaa | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-24-sp-49237-story.html | Spitting: A Tough Baseball Tradition to Shake | Spitting: A Tough Baseball Tradition to Shake
It’s traditional. It’s cultural. It’s as old-fashioned as the spitoon and just as American. It’s something big league baseball players always did.
Now it’s World Series time again, attracting viewers not as accustomed to the indiosyncracies of the game. Then comes the inevi... |
4f7753635c7176733e26ab7dd18427ea | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-25-fi-49602-story.html | Dial One Looks Alive After 8-Year Hibernation : After long dormancy and millions spent for retooling, the building trades franchiser is getting back in business. | Dial One Looks Alive After 8-Year Hibernation : After long dormancy and millions spent for retooling, the building trades franchiser is getting back in business.
After years of near invisibility, the red, white and blue “Dial One” logo is again starting to appear around Orange County, suggesting either that hope really... |
adbe824bc626e66364212792b5cc802e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-31-mn-51785-story.html | Obituary Revives Rumor of Hearst Daughter : Hollywood: Gossips in the 1920s speculated that William Randolph Hearst and mistress Marion Davies had a child. Patricia Lake, long introduced as Davies’ niece, asks on death bed that record be set straight. | Obituary Revives Rumor of Hearst Daughter : Hollywood: Gossips in the 1920s speculated that William Randolph Hearst and mistress Marion Davies had a child. Patricia Lake, long introduced as Davies’ niece, asks on death bed that record be set straight.
What was for decades one of Hollywood’s juiciest rumors--the kind of... |
d0b2a206ec78e9da1a7796ac8b85a12a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-31-op-51572-story.html | Aristide’s File: A Fight in the Hall of Mirrors : Intelligence: Releasing CIA information that may not be true did not help Clinton’s Haitian policy--and the agency works directly for him. | Aristide’s File: A Fight in the Hall of Mirrors : Intelligence: Releasing CIA information that may not be true did not help Clinton’s Haitian policy--and the agency works directly for him.
A Central Intelligence Agency report classified “Secret"--meaning only just sensitive enough to be classified at all--claims that J... |
edeae25274d63c8e88f17dc936fea32c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-04-ca-53161-story.html | Chronicle of a Death Unfolds : Media: Tabloid and straight news merged in the reporting of River Phoenix’s collapse and the questions surrounding its circumstances. | Chronicle of a Death Unfolds : Media: Tabloid and straight news merged in the reporting of River Phoenix’s collapse and the questions surrounding its circumstances.
In the end, you heard his younger brother’s voice more than you did that of the actor himself.
The news shows aired clips of River Phoenix delivering a lin... |
e01e81f50d2d1bf331a494b6a0723c92 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-05-ca-53335-story.html | MOVIE REVIEW : ‘Look Who’s Talking’ Series Goes to Dogs | MOVIE REVIEW : ‘Look Who’s Talking’ Series Goes to Dogs
“Look Who’s Talking Now” (citywide) is an early November release but it’s all about Christmas cheer. As a preemptive strike on the Christmas movie trade, it’s cheerily inconsequential. In this third in the series of “Look Who’s Talking” movies, it’s the dogs’ turn... |
acf292dbec30c8b2cdf78445cbd4d464 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-05-vw-53656-story.html | Drab ‘Remains’ | Drab ‘Remains’
The Movie: “Remains of the Day”
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The Setup: The trio that brought you “A Room With a View” and “Howards End"--director James Ivory, screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, producer Ismail Merchant--examines the efficient, unemotional life of Stevens (Anthony Hopkins, pictured), a dream of a butler in 1930s E... |
fb06eca94f8b0b4952164912949e1abb | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-10-mn-55199-story.html | Frederick C. May; Founder of Malibu Lagoon Museum | Frederick C. May; Founder of Malibu Lagoon Museum
Frederick C. May, founding president of the Malibu Lagoon Museum, which was designed to present a living history of the legendary oceanfront enclave in the 1920s, has died. He was 76.
May died Saturday at St. Johns Hospital of cancer, his wife, artist Julie Van Zandt Ma... |
9c54b3f9a49f6ea6e8580fab79af68c0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-13-ca-56385-story.html | Jury Tells Disney to Pay $300,000 in ‘Honey’ Case : Movies: A game show producer who claimed his treatment was used as the basis for ‘Honey, I Blew Up the Kid’ wins suit. Disney says the film was a sequel to ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.’ | Jury Tells Disney to Pay $300,000 in ‘Honey’ Case : Movies: A game show producer who claimed his treatment was used as the basis for ‘Honey, I Blew Up the Kid’ wins suit. Disney says the film was a sequel to ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.’
A jury ordered the Walt Disney Co. Friday to pay $300,000 to a television game show ... |
42f332a1a2890dfe944b79c59fb66abf | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-14-mn-56960-story.html | FBI Claims Odd Trio of Brink’s Suspects Stole Millions to Aid IRA | FBI Claims Odd Trio of Brink’s Suspects Stole Millions to Aid IRA
A priest once implicated in gun-running, a retired police officer and an illegal immigrant who was imprisoned for explosives violations--all charged in a $7.4-million armored car company theft--may have committed the crime to help finance the Irish Repub... |
f4c0d21ffc71ca525556a760021fe1f6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-15-ca-57200-story.html | ‘Ultimate’ Fight Lives Up to Name : Television: Pay-Per-View Battle, Instead of Being Merely Gory and Funny, Gets Interesting After the First Two Bouts | ‘Ultimate’ Fight Lives Up to Name : Television: Pay-Per-View Battle, Instead of Being Merely Gory and Funny, Gets Interesting After the First Two Bouts
Yes, as a regular television viewer, I’d seen my share of violence.
But this time, leaning forward on the edge of my chair in front of my TV set shortly before 6 p.m. F... |
3771ca59e3213735e109476a70ba8353 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-19-ca-58356-story.html | Movie Reviews : Let’s Have a Hand for ‘Addams Family Values’ | Movie Reviews : Let’s Have a Hand for ‘Addams Family Values’
The kinetically nutty “Addams Family Values” (citywide) starts out with a full bag of tricks and keeps lobbing them straight at the audience for all of its 93 minutes. It never lets up--director Barry Sonnenfeld and screenwriter Paul Rudnick turn its assaulti... |
e5b9922a5927f3f229b08fcd58869881 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-19-me-58563-story.html | Bidding Adieu to the Nickodell Restaurant : Longtime Hollywood Watering Hole Runs Dry in an Era of Sprouts and Bottled Water | Bidding Adieu to the Nickodell Restaurant : Longtime Hollywood Watering Hole Runs Dry in an Era of Sprouts and Bottled Water
It’s not just that the Nickodell Restaurant is one of the last martini and club steak joints left in a town of bottled water and tuna tacos. It’s not just that the Melrose Avenue eatery has been ... |
ed58b79ba14c33dc983d657a447270fb | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-24-ca-60197-story.html | MOVIE REVIEW : Spielberg’s ‘Dinosaur’s Story’: ‘Jurassic Park’ It’s Not | MOVIE REVIEW : Spielberg’s ‘Dinosaur’s Story’: ‘Jurassic Park’ It’s Not
Unlike the ones in “Jurassic Park,” the dinosaurs in Steven Spielberg’s animated feature, “We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story” (citywide) aren’t scary at all: The mighty beasts have been softened and Barney-ized until they resemble giant plush toys.
Ba... |
9074853dc06ed58b343ef4fe9ced93cc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-27-sp-61293-story.html | COLLEGE BASKETBALL : Maryland Stuns Georgetown, 84-83, in OT | COLLEGE BASKETBALL : Maryland Stuns Georgetown, 84-83, in OT
Forget about seeing a sequel at Maryland’s Cole Field House next season. Forget all the hype that preceded Friday’s Maryland-Georgetown game at USAir Arena, or the hoopla that will follow it. And forget John Thompson agreeing to anything like this again.
A ri... |
83364e405bdac9766fbd6e25ae861d25 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-12-13-ca-1367-story.html | TV REVIEWS : ‘Untold West’ Tells Old and New Stories | TV REVIEWS : ‘Untold West’ Tells Old and New Stories
The three-part “The Untold West,” which begins on cable station TBS tonight and continues Tuesday and Wednesday (at 5:05 p.m. and 8:05 p.m. each day), might also be called “The Oft-Told West” as it covers a lot of familiar ground while breaking some new ground of its... |
8c176f9c0102ac3606a300235fbb8a18 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-12-14-ca-1597-story.html | Weekend Box Office : Sequels Take 2 of Top 3 Spots | Weekend Box Office : Sequels Take 2 of Top 3 Spots
It was an excellent weekend for “Wayne’s World 2,” but the disappointing performance of the other new sequel, “Sister Act 2,” suggests that moviegoers may not be making a habit out of Whoopi Goldberg as a singing nun. The epic “Geronimo: An American Legend” seems likel... |
f9d13225624af9dc2afc6f4183ebc1a2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-12-14-wr-1820-story.html | Culture : Political Sniping Turns Violent--to Applause : A governor who shot his rival is treated like a hero in Brazil, where ‘defense of honor’ goes a long way. | Culture : Political Sniping Turns Violent--to Applause : A governor who shot his rival is treated like a hero in Brazil, where ‘defense of honor’ goes a long way.
On a quiet Friday afternoon last month, the governor of Paraiba state, Ronaldo Cunha Lima, burst into a fashionable restaurant in this regional capital, pull... |
a3110b1a545b9dbedd043b3d16dc83d7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-12-16-ca-2547-story.html | N.Y. Writers Pick ‘List’ but Bypass Spielberg : Movies: Film Critics Circle echoes its L.A. counterpart by naming ‘Schindler’s List’ the best work of 1993 and ‘The Piano’s’ Jane Campion best director. | N.Y. Writers Pick ‘List’ but Bypass Spielberg : Movies: Film Critics Circle echoes its L.A. counterpart by naming ‘Schindler’s List’ the best work of 1993 and ‘The Piano’s’ Jane Campion best director.
The New York Film Critics Circle became the third critics group in a week to name Steven Spielberg’s “Schindler’s List”... |
0fa2093595b0a1fba2c6d3cb291910f6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-12-16-mn-2421-story.html | Leigh ‘Gone With the Wind’ Oscar Sells for $510,000 | Leigh ‘Gone With the Wind’ Oscar Sells for $510,000
The Oscar won by actress Vivien Leigh for her performance as Scarlett O’Hara in “Gone with the Wind” was sold at auction Wednesday for $510,000.
After a spirited competition, an anonymous telephone bidder edged out Robert McDonald, a retired banker from Chicago.
McDon... |
a0e812d2a5c2314efa9e18ae6ce452e7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-12-17-ca-2777-story.html | MOVIE REVIEW : ‘Beethoven’ Scores Again With Comedy | MOVIE REVIEW : ‘Beethoven’ Scores Again With Comedy
“Beethoven’s 2nd” (general release), it’s gratifying to report, is just as funny and appealing as “Beethoven” the first. Amid the year-end deluge of adult fare, a family film that actually can be enjoyed by the whole family is always welcome.
As millions of moviegoers... |
1c9d71029a823f2654d93e9bba8099e6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-12-24-mn-5192-story.html | IRA Declares Usual Christmas Truce | IRA Declares Usual Christmas Truce
The Irish Republican Army on Thursday declared its traditional Christmas truce, but a leader of the group’s political wing ruled out an end to its 25-year-old war in Northern Ireland under an Anglo-Irish peace initiative.
The brief cease-fire had been expected, although there had been... |
5580fa7f3b2ad039230277f61520ae10 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-01-02-mn-7756-story.html | IRA Firebombs Hit 11 Belfast-Area Stores : Ulster: Damage is in the millions of dollars. Attacks, loyalist warning are new blows to latest Anglo-Irish peace bid. | IRA Firebombs Hit 11 Belfast-Area Stores : Ulster: Damage is in the millions of dollars. Attacks, loyalist warning are new blows to latest Anglo-Irish peace bid.
Eleven stores in the Greater Belfast area were hit Saturday in a firebomb blitz that caused millions of dollars in damage. The Irish Republican Army telephone... |
489034f9544237afeefee8e0828726b4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-01-03-mn-8122-story.html | Use of Fetus Eggs for Fertility Sparks Furor | Use of Fetus Eggs for Fertility Sparks Furor
Another controversy over fertilization techniques erupted in Britain on Sunday amid reports that a method of producing test-tube babies using eggs from aborted fetuses is on the horizon.
Researchers said the technique, which has sparked intense ethical debate, may be able to... |
a827c3e4d59fb8d3c77992032891842d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-01-03-mn-8123-story.html | Horror of Soviet Nuclear Sub’s ’61 Tragedy Told | Horror of Soviet Nuclear Sub’s ’61 Tragedy Told
After that nightmare voyage 33 years ago, Ivan Kolokov stopped shaving. The skin on his face kept peeling off with the razor. Nikolai Zateyev, his shipmate, lay in bed 18 months while doctors replaced his bone marrow and blood.
Both sailors consider themselves lucky when ... |
299a9309c18e077c1015a9bbcaf08566 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-01-04-ca-8386-story.html | It’s Tough to Stay Afloat in the Film-Cartoon Biz : Movies: Disney’s hits prove that it can be done, but other firms lack marketing savvy and a competitive product, animators say. | It’s Tough to Stay Afloat in the Film-Cartoon Biz : Movies: Disney’s hits prove that it can be done, but other firms lack marketing savvy and a competitive product, animators say.
The critical and box-office failure of Steven Spielberg’s “We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story” and the lackluster performance of Warner Bros.’ n... |
27275c3b0034a60f72907a46d9796e18 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-01-11-ca-10819-story.html | A Young Star Is Born in ‘Piano’ : Movies: Novice Anna Paquin, 11, who has received a Golden Globe nomination for best supporting actress, retraces the fairy-tale road she has traveled. | A Young Star Is Born in ‘Piano’ : Movies: Novice Anna Paquin, 11, who has received a Golden Globe nomination for best supporting actress, retraces the fairy-tale road she has traveled.
Hollywood’s A-list actors and directors generally place a high premium on awards. But to 11-year-old New Zealander Anna Paquin whose fi... |
dcf77661e56726cdb090360e1e94d9a7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-01-13-mn-11390-story.html | Clinton Calls for Special Counsel to Probe Land Deal : Presidency: Aides say request for Reno to name investigator is designed to end ‘barrage of innuendo’ that may threaten agenda. First Family denies wrongdoing. | Clinton Calls for Special Counsel to Probe Land Deal : Presidency: Aides say request for Reno to name investigator is designed to end ‘barrage of innuendo’ that may threaten agenda. First Family denies wrongdoing.
President Clinton, grudgingly capitulating to intense political pressure, asked Atty. Gen. Janet Reno on W... |
d1898efa12a11efce40f766867786051 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-01-13-mn-11398-story.html | Bystander Killed; Police Bullet Blamed : Violence: San Diego authorities believe woman was hit when officers fired on a man who brandished a gun. The suspect may be charged with murder. | Bystander Killed; Police Bullet Blamed : Violence: San Diego authorities believe woman was hit when officers fired on a man who brandished a gun. The suspect may be charged with murder.
Bullets apparently fired from an officer’s gun killed an innocent bystander during a shootout with a suspect on a downtown street Tues... |
e63b5e852f9942f156db4bc1bd55be2b | https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Albans-England | Saint Albans | Saint Albans
Saint Albans, town and city (district), administrative and historic county of Hertfordshire, England. It is located in the valley of the River Ver, about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of central London.
A British town was established on the west bank of the Ver in the 1st century bce, and subsequently the Ro... |
68d8139709cad33c534a397fbb6ce794 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Amand-Montrond | Saint-Amand-Montrond | Saint-Amand-Montrond
Saint-Amand-Montrond, also spelled Saint-Amand-Mont-Rond, town, Cher département, Centre région, central France. The town, which is situated some 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Bourges, grew up around a monastery founded by St. Amand, a follower of St. Columban, in the 7th century.
The town is of h... |
4c7d38a5ad02ddf46bef290a1fad02af | https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Andre-Cathedral | Saint-André Cathedral | Saint-André Cathedral
…towers: that of Pey-Berland, near Saint-André Cathedral, and the Saint-Michel Tower, with a spire of 357 feet (109 metres). A late 20th-century urban development plan called for the renovation of the city centre and extension of new districts northward around a large lake and along the west bank ... |
1fc143c64338ae2972b32e1573becefd | https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Cloud-France | Saint-Cloud | Saint-Cloud
Saint-Cloud, town, Hauts-de-Seine département, Île-de-France région, northern France. It is a western residential suburb of Paris, located on the left bank of the Seine River. The northern part is separated from Paris by Longchamps racecourse and by the Bois de Boulogne, the southern part by the suburb of ... |
495f1f7bd527e9be945191752b0d6d7d | https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Cloud-Minnesota | Saint Cloud | Saint Cloud
Saint Cloud, city, seat of Stearns county, central Minnesota, U.S. Located at the junction of the Mississippi and Sauk rivers, in a dairy-farming and grain region, it lies about 65 miles (105 km) northwest of Minneapolis. It extends eastward across the Mississippi to include parts of Benton and Sherburne c... |
52634ddbf296e48448c2ae09421e13f8 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Croix | Saint Croix | Saint Croix
Saint Croix, largest island of the U.S. Virgin Islands, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It lies some 65 miles (105 km) southeast of Puerto Rico and 40 miles (65 km) south of St. Thomas. In the west some hills run parallel to the coast, culminating in Mount Eagle (1,088 feet [332 metres]) and Blue Mountain (1... |
aa1cac335db583462221c593a0be1ad6 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Croix-River-North-America | Saint Croix River | Saint Croix River
Saint Croix River, river that rises as an outlet of the Chiputneticook Lakes, Maine, U.S., and flows south-southeast into Passamaquoddy Bay, an inlet of the Bay of Fundy; its entire 75-mile (121-km) length forms the international boundary between Maine and New Brunswick, Can. Navigation upriver is po... |
0d596a00debb12289690e8ca32e41a8d | https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Domingue | Saint-Domingue | Saint-Domingue
…to France, which renamed it Saint-Domingue. The colony’s population and economic output grew rapidly during the 18th century, and it became France’s most prosperous New World possession, exporting sugar and smaller amounts of coffee, cacao, indigo, and cotton. By the 1780s nearly two-thirds of France’s ... |
b56eb6b55f949241dbd659338b0d4323 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Edmundsbury | Saint Edmundsbury | Saint Edmundsbury
Saint Edmundsbury, borough (district), administrative and historic county of Suffolk, England, with its headquarters at Bury Saint Edmunds. Its area stretches across the whole breadth of the county from the Essex border (south) to that of Norfolk (north), a distance of 32 miles (52 km). The district ... |
453d56d6b84456e84f031658687c08d0 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Francis-River | Saint Francis River | Saint Francis River
Saint Francis River, river rising in the St. Francois Mountains, southeastern Missouri, U.S., and flowing south to the edge of the Ozark Plateau at Wappapello, Mo. It continues across the Mississippi alluvial plain to enter the Mississippi River just above Helena, Ark., after a course of 425 mi (6... |
a8c963611788209902cbb870566d7f98 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Gotthard-Pass | St. Gotthard Pass | St. Gotthard Pass
St. Gotthard Pass, Italian Passo del San Gottardo, German Sankt Gotthardpass, mountain pass in the Lepontine Alps of southern Switzerland, an important motor and railway route between central Europe and Italy. The pass lies at an elevation of 6,916 feet (2,108 metres) and is 16 miles (26 km) long. Al... |
820bf8f0af676781dbec42778710795b | https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Gotthard-Tunnel-highway-tunnel-Switzerland | Saint Gotthard Tunnel | Saint Gotthard Tunnel
In 1980 the St. Gotthard Road Tunnel, more than 10 miles (16 km) in length and able to accommodate more than 1,500 automotive vehicles per hour, was opened between Göschenen and Airolo. The drilling of a 35-mile (57-km) railway tunnel running well below the existing St. Gotthard tunnels…
5-mile (1... |
0852296b7cc08a6800eba67404b47fc6 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-James-London | Saint James | Saint James
Saint James, neighbourhood of the Greater London borough of Westminster. Lying south of the Soho district, west of Whitehall, and north and east of Buckingham Palace, St. James is known for its royal palace and its large park, and it has remained one of the more fashionable residential districts of London’... |
6be473758b26b15e88f5d3e5f9564d33 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Joseph-Missouri | Saint Joseph | Saint Joseph
Saint Joseph, byname St. Joe, city, seat (1846) of Buchanan county, northwestern Missouri, U.S. It is located on the Missouri River (there bridged to Elwood, Kansas), 28 miles (45 km) north of Kansas City. A trading post was established (1826) on the site by Joseph Robidoux, a French Canadian trapper from... |
ab6c23eb828507bca6731e7927cd5d98 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Kilda-Scotland | Saint Kilda | Saint Kilda
Saint Kilda, cluster of three small Atlantic islands in the Outer Hebrides group, Western Isles council area, Scotland, situated 110 miles (180 km) from the mainland. The islands, which escaped glaciation during the Ice Age, present a bare rocky interior and sea cliffs rising to 1,300 feet (400 metres) tha... |
00ba27be9cfdf6a153a1eee6bda1dacc | https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni | Saint-Laurent du Maroni | Saint-Laurent du Maroni
Saint-Laurent du Maroni, port, northwest French Guiana, on the east bank of the Maroni River opposite Albina, Suriname. It was formerly headquarters of the country’s penal colonies and the site of the largest prison, closed in 1944. Apart from its port facilities, local economic activities incl... |
d8a5dce373a38d3d005db876d7880454 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Lo | Saint-Lô | Saint-Lô
Saint-Lô, town, capital of Manche département, Normandy région, northwestern France. It lies on a promontory dominating the Vire River valley. Called Briovera in Gallo-Roman times, it was renamed for Saint Lô, the 6th-century bishop of Coutances. In the Middle Ages it was a major fortress and was noted for it... |
55469eaee3687daecbe8edab21908458 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Louis-Zoo | Saint Louis Zoo | Saint Louis Zoo
Saint Louis Zoo, zoo in St. Louis, Mo., U.S., built on the grounds of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (St. Louis World’s Fair) of 1904. Inspired by an enormous elliptical aviary built for the fair—which is now restored—the zoo opened in 1913. It is one of the few zoos in the world to have free year-r... |
95b9cf88f04cd3668f08e4768bb42e31 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Lucia-Game-Reserve | Saint Lucia Game Reserve | Saint Lucia Game Reserve
Saint Lucia Game Reserve, sanctuary on the northeastern coast of KwaZulu/Natal province, South Africa. It encompasses Lake St. Lucia, a shallow, H-shaped lagoon and estuary system. Established in 1897, the reserve has an area of 142 square miles (368 square km). It is subtropical and is noted... |
bcf310bfbad5a402d7f4472b337e8d2e | https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Martin-island-West-Indies | Saint Martin | Saint Martin
Saint Martin, Dutch Sint Maarten, French Saint-Martin, island, lying at the northern end of the Leeward group of the Lesser Antilles in the northeastern Caribbean Sea. The island extends about 12 miles (19 km) from north to south and about the same distance from east to west, including a narrow looping sa... |
73da5645b409ae51e4b4c15713913d56 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Martinville | Saint Martinville | Saint Martinville
Saint Martinville, city, seat (1811) of St. Martin parish, southern Louisiana, U.S. It lies on Bayou Teche, about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Lafayette. Originally known as Poste des Attakapas (for a local Indian tribe), it was settled about 1760. A colony of Acadians, expelled by the British from ... |
87a3d32126889eeb45b7b2f8fe8381c8 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Marys | Saint Mary's | Saint Mary's
Saint Mary’s, county, southern Maryland, U.S. It consists of a tidewater peninsula bordered by the Patuxent River to the northeast, Chesapeake Bay to the east, the Potomac River to the south, and the Wicomico River to the west. Landmarks include the Patuxent Naval Air Test Center (opened 1941) and Saint M... |
a57f0f3175e09b11bad26ddcd5bbb8a2 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Marys-City | Saint Marys City | Saint Marys City
Saint Marys City, historic district and village, St. Mary’s county, southern Maryland, U.S., on St. Marys River some 15 miles (25 km) southeast of Leonardtown, the county seat. Established in 1634 by colonists led by Leonard Calvert and named for the Virgin Mary, it was Maryland’s first European settl... |
a02785265b1d889f21634f94ab3a6643 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Marys-River | Saint Marys River | Saint Marys River
Saint Marys River, outlet for Lake Superior, forming part of the boundary between Michigan, U.S., and Ontario, Can. Flowing east, then south, for 70 miles (110 km) into Lake Huron, it is an important link in the St. Lawrence Seaway. At Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., the river drops more than 20 feet (6 m) i... |
b8f43b5148a16f54261eae57404307c1 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Matthew-Island | Saint Matthew Island | Saint Matthew Island
Lawrence, Nunivak, and St. Matthew islands and the Pribilof group. Those tundra-covered islands are surrounded by sea ice in winter and serve as protected refuges for the world’s largest herds of fur-bearing seals and sea otters, as well as sea lions and walrus. A protected group of musk…
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b4a5938fbc014522c872d603ea7a72a3 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Paul-Minnesota | Saint Paul | Saint Paul
Saint Paul, city, capital of Minnesota, U.S., and seat of Ramsey county. Situated in the southeastern part of the state, St. Paul is at the head of navigation on the Mississippi River near its confluence with the Minnesota River. The city adjoins Minneapolis on the west, and together they form the Twin Citi... |
cf0badad6b63c85ceb0436a1f37bee78 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Petersburg-Florida | Saint Petersburg | Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, city, Pinellas county, west-central Florida, U.S. It is situated at the southern tip of Pinellas Peninsula on Tampa Bay, about 15 miles (25 km) southeast of Clearwater and 20 miles (30 km) southwest of Tampa. Those three cities form one of the state’s largest metropolitan areas. It i... |
e047a75be1f95fbf74f340ebb8c5f130 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Pierre-and-Miquelon | Saint-Pierre and Miquelon | Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, officially Territorial Collectivity of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, French Collectivité Territoriale de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, archipelago about 15 miles (25 km) off the southern coast of the island of Newfoundland, Canada, a collectivité of France since 1985. The ... |
056781734edb3e7c6dc5146c75360ca8 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Vincent-and-the-Grenadines | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, island country lying within the Lesser Antilles, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It consists of the island of Saint Vincent and the northern Grenadine Islands, which stretch southward toward Grenada. The island of Saint Vincent lies about 20 miles (32 km... |
bb6873fdd001c4cacb18a24f2068bb1c | https://www.britannica.com/place/Saintes | Saintes | Saintes
Saintes, town, Charente-Maritime département, Nouvelle-Aquitaine région, western France. It lies along the Charente River, 47 miles (76 km) southeast of La Rochelle. Saintes was the administrative centre of the Charente Inférieure département (now Charente-Maritime) from 1791 until La Rochelle supplanted it in... |
8e6bb98381e1002f0ba183719fd35cec | https://www.britannica.com/place/Saipan | Saipan | Saipan
Saipan, island, one of the Mariana Islands and part of the Northern Mariana Islands commonwealth of the United States, in the western Pacific Ocean. The island is hilly, rising to an elevation of 1,545 feet (471 metres) at Mount Takpochao (Tagpochau); it is 14 miles (23 km) long and 5 miles (8 km) across at its... |
858f4b9c65b458225996af0539b3bc16 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Sakhalin-Island | Sakhalin Island | Sakhalin Island
Sakhalin Island, also spelled Sachalin, Russian Ostrov Sakhalin, Japanese Karafuto, island at the far eastern end of Russia. It is located between the Tatar Strait and the Sea of Okhotsk, north of the Japanese island of Hokkaido. With the Kuril Islands, it forms Sakhalin oblast (region).
Sakhalin was f... |
6440e67a967dd101d2dc783ac3c780d1 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Sala-dei-Giganti | Sala dei Giganti | Sala dei Giganti
…Gonzaga horses; and the fantastic Sala dei Giganti, a continuous scene, painted from floor to ceiling, of the giants attempting to storm Olympus and being repulsed by the gods. The palace is open to the public.
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ce37a0ad07dcf4732fb1893e763723b5 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Salcombe-Regis | Salcombe Regis | Salcombe Regis
…the branching Kingsbridge estuary are Salcombe, a holiday and residential town noted for sailing, and Kingsbridge, which has retail and tourist services. Area 342 square miles (887 square km). Pop. (2001) 81,849; (2011) 83,140.
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893bfcef69c6089621321fe58e9b8219 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Sale-Morocco | Salé | Salé
Salé, Arabic Sla, old walled city on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, at the mouth of the Wadi Bou Regreg. The wadi separates Salé from Rabat, Morocco’s capital city, of which Salé has become a bedroom community. Salé was founded in the 10th century and reached its zenith as a medieval merchant port and entrepôt. A... |
dcc18d386e2ba7d85b324231c8981197 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Salem-India | Salem | Salem
Salem, city, north-central Tamil Nadu state, southern India. It is on the Tirumanimuttar River (a tributary of the Kaveri [Cauvery] River) near Attur Gap between the Kalrayan and Pachamalai hills.
Archaeological remains show that the Salem region was occupied during the Neolithic Period. In historical times the ... |
65ccb4621748b31457246002d98b7726 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Salem-Oregon | Salem | Salem
Salem, capital of Oregon, U.S., and the seat (1849) of Marion county. It lies along the Willamette River, 43 miles (69 km) southwest of Portland. Methodist missionaries, led by Jason Lee, settled the site in 1840. Its Kalapuya Indian name, Chemeketa, meaning “place of rest,” was translated into the biblical name... |
f85105e14fb44a9f3fe9270aaab02e32 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Salina | Salina | Salina
Salina, city, seat (1859) of Saline county, central Kansas, U.S. It lies on the Smoky Hill River. Founded in 1858 by an antislavery group headed by William A. Phillips, it was named for the Saline River, which enters the Smoky Hill just to the east. The town’s growth was slow until the arrival of the Union (lat... |
125498d7272b29b499d3d3d8f34da568 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Salisbury-England | Salisbury | Salisbury
Salisbury, formerly New Sarum, city in the administrative and historic county of Wiltshire, southern England. It is situated at the confluence of the Rivers Avon (East, or Hampshire, Avon) and Wiley. It functioned historically as the principal town of Wiltshire and is the seat of an Anglican bishop.
The orig... |
fbbe79d7a79a0864061ef4a50f7a4c2c | https://www.britannica.com/place/Salmon-River | Salmon River | Salmon River
Salmon River, river rising in the Sawtooth and Salmon River mountains, south Custer county, central Idaho, U.S. It flows generally northeast past the city of Salmon, where it is joined by the Lemhi River, and then northwest to join the Snake River several miles south of the Idaho-Oregon-Washington border ... |
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