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...Young Turk government regarded Turkish Armenians as a dangerous source of instability, and decided to deport the entire Armenian population of 1.75 million. In what some claim was the first genocide of the 20th century, hundreds of thousands of Armenians were driven from their homes and killed. Tens of thousands emigrated to Russia, the Middle East, France and the U.S. There are currently less than 65,000 Armenians living in Turkey itself. Turks reject the accusation of genocide, stating that Armenians were among the many civilians to die in one of the most violent periods of human history...
...fashion designer of the 20th century. He dressed the kind of women who were the embodiment of the Parisian. It must have been in the mid-'60s that I took my first photo of Yves' dresses for French Vogue, but the most exciting moment for me came in the summer of 1975 when he created the pantsuit and I photographed it outside my house on the rue Aubriot. There it was?something to please everybody, men and women for whatever reason, audacious, androgynous and sexy...
...when people started telling us that "greatness" in art is a subjective business, culturally constructed and so forth, and this neat device let them pretend that (save me your howls of anguish) Toni Morrison deserves a Nobel Prize in literature, or that Jackson Pollock's paint-spattered canvases are 20th century versions of the Mona Lisa, or that Elton John deserves a knighthood...
Saturday's inaugural festivities are stirring up a lot of excitement in the nation's capital. But not everyone looking forward to the 20th is spending the week in search of the perfect dress or tuxedo - thousands of protesters are also eagerly planning their descent on Washington, ready to speak out against... well, pretty much everything...
...Then our lynx eyes droop and grading habits relax. Try to get on the bottom of the pile.) Again, it is not that A.E.’s are vicious or ludicrous as such; but in quantity they become sheer madness. Or induce it. “The 20th century has never recovered from the effects of Marx and Freud.” (V.G.); “But whether or not this is a good thing or a bad thing is difficult to say.” (A.E.) Now one such might be droll enough. Buy by the dozen? This...