The Elysian Valley section was able to open without restrictions because of government cooperation, infrastructure improvement and public safety measures, said Councilman Ed Reyes, whose district includes the west bank of the river.

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The Elysian hotel in Chicago, which opened in December, has adopted a no-tipping policy, a move that breaks with standard practices across the high-end- and luxury-hotel market, says the head of a trade association.

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Visiting the set of Elysian Fields, the Mick Jagger movie, Waitt stares dreamily as the Rolling Stone and actress Angelica Huston embrace passionately for the camera.

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"Get in here, " a good-natured waitress at Elysian Fields tells Hushpuppy who, in the midst of everything else, has been searching for her dead mother.

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