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...ubiquitous that the word has ceased to carry any hint of opprobrium, and where the concept of civility seems as dated as Ciceronian oratory. Cultural historian Jacques Barzun wrote recently that a 300-year-old "code of civilized manners" came to an end "about halfway into the 20th century." I'd argue that Barzun's dating is off by a couple of decades-otherwise my yellowed copy of a 1967 Playboy would be a lot smuttier than it is-but it's hard to disagree with his broad conclusion...
...DIED. ALAN BULLOCK, 89, historian who wrote the 1952 best-selling biography Hitler: A Study in Tyranny; in Oxfordshire, England. Bullock and fellow Oxford historians A.J.P. Taylor and Hugh Trevor-Roper formed a triumvirate of gifted scholars whose efforts to understand the turmoil of the 20th century widely influenced modern thought. After spending World War II as a BBC correspondent, Bullock produced his Hitler biography from a detailed review of the minutes of the Nuremberg trials. He was modest about his talents. "I couldn't write great literature," he said, "but I could do a workmanlike job as a historian...
...painter Doménikos Theotokópoulos on the Greek island of Crete. He ended it as the undisputed giant of 16th century Spanish art. Ever since they were rediscovered in the 19th century, his dramatic religious set pieces and dark, melancholy portraits have been regarded as groundbreaking, and 20th century modernists claimed him as a brother. But he used an alchemy all his own to fuse old and new for the greatest possible impact - at least, that's what one takes away from the exhibition of his work (amazingly, the U.K.'s first major show devoted to him) which...
...annoyed by the length of the talks, during which weeks would go by with no response from Disney. A deal was "eminently doable, had it gone quickly," insists a Pixar insider. Jobs, knowing other studios would jump at a chance to get in business with Pixar (Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox are considered front runners), finally had enough. Folks on the Disney side insist that Eisner (already facing a call for his ouster as CEO) made a wise business decision-- which, after all, still allows Disney to keep its share of the next two Pixar films, The Incredibles...
...work and school due to “Patriots Fever,” those working in the parade district pressed their faces against the office windows overlooking the procession and rally. A construction crew, renovating a building three blocks away from City Hall, perched on the scaffolding around the 20th story for a bird’s eye view of the various speeches...