Halsey Minor, who purchased historic Carter's Grove Plantation this week from Colonial Williamsburg, likes to explain his purchase by pointing back to his family's history 142 years ago in Charlottesville. Minor Hall at the University of Virginia is ...
In addition to the striking contours of Steve and Candy Carter's River Bluff Garden, which runs from bluff top to river side, these beautiful plants are also standouts: • Giant elephant ears . Alocasia portei and Alocasia macrorrhizos. Groups of ...
MILWAUKEE -- The New Jersey Nets don't have problems winning the close games. It's the other ones that are giving them trouble. Vince Carter scored eight of his 23 points in the final 3:55, Jason Kidd added 11 of his 17 in the fourth quarter, and the ...
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) -- Josh Carter scored 18 of his 20 points in the first half and Texas A&M (No. 11 ESPN/USA Today, No. 14 AP) beat Florida A&M 83-54 on Saturday for its fifth straight win. Carter, who led the nation in 3-point accuracy ...
“When I heard about the sale of Carter’s Grove, I was very upset. Upon hearing that it had been sold to a Virginian, whose reason for buying the plantation was to save it, it made me extremely happy. Did Halsey Minor buy Carter’s Grove to ...
A globetrotting grandmother crossed a Himalayan border checkpoint using her pensioner's bus pass. Helen Carter, 72, from Churchstow, south Devon, set off on an arduous trek in the mountains, having left her passport behind at her hotel. But the Devon ...
She's played by Helena Bonham Carter, who offers a fascinating and very delicate portrait in misbegotten love. She is drawn to Todd; life is, after all, an Industrial Age hell, no sunshine, no pleasure. Even a monomaniacal serial killer is someone ...
Over the past 30 years alone, the job has been widely perceived and described. It was supposed to be too much for one man during Jimmy Carter's presidency. It was revived under a skilled political actor, Ronald Reagan, who brought innate American ...
Douglas Carter Beane's comedy about a Hollywood agent, her budding screen idol client and a drifter. Contains nudity and sexual content; 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., GableStage, 1200 Anastasia Ave., (at Biltmore Hotel), Coral Gables; $42.50 adults, $37.50 ...
Every time I hear about how Sen. Barack Obama is going to "re-brand" America's image in the Middle East, I can't help but think about Jimmy Carter's toast. When the idealistic Democrat came to Iran in 1977 to ring in the new year with Shah Mohammad ...
