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     The day was balmy.  That certain magic of Copenhagen and the Tivoli Gardens had Michael Nordstrom all but tranquilized.  From his table on the terrace of the Wivex Restaurant he could see the onion dome of the Nimb, saturated with a million light bulbs, and just across the path came a drift of laughter from the outdoor pantomime theater.  The walks of the Tivoli were bordered with meticulous set-in flowers which gave out a riot of color.

-Leon Uris,  Topaz