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...compress aspirations of millions of people in a simple proposition ... are his distinguished qualities with which to conduct ideo-theoretical activities." Moreover, North Korean officials steadfastly assert that the world looks to Pyongyang for inspiration and that the government's paid propaganda advertisements in Western newspapers constitute editorial acclaim for the Great Leader. "Korea," observed one high-level official, "is the freest country in the world...
Praise for Nastassia Kinski is long overdue [May 2]. It is only a matter of time before this talented beauty snags a role that will bring her the acclaim she deserves. And if Kinski does "fall in love on every set she's acted on," may I have an invitation to be an extra in her next film...
Laurence Olivier stood in the wings of Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall waiting to receive the acclaim of 2,500 New Yorkers who had gathered two weeks ago to celebrate his 53 years of achievement in the movies. Olivier is a frail 75 now, and his body has played grudging host to enough illnesses to wipe out the entire Royal Shakespeare Company. So backstagers looked on with pain but not surprise as he momentarily lost his balance and slumped against the doorway. Then the crowd rose, and with it the applause. Olivier took his cue and went...
...Barbara Tuchman's The Guns of August was released. The New Yorker noted that it was one of the few books ever heralded by three consecutive full-page ads in the same issue of the Sunday Times Books Review. The book itself was no anticlimax; quickly greeted with critical acclaim, it eventually won the Pulitzer Prize. But Tuchman's dramatic account of the opening weeks of the First World War achieved an even more astonishing feat for a history book-in eight months it sold over 270,000 copies, and by October, The New Yorker could report that the book...
Like New York's Macy's and Chicago's Marshall Fields, "Hudson's Downtown," the flagship store of a midwestern chain--was an American merchandising phenomenon. Based in such a grungy city, Hudson's never received the national acclaim accorded to its counterparts in New York and Chicago: But it was--and it meant--more. A weekly trip to Hudson's was virtually mandatory in Detroit's golden years. The store sported 14 floors and more than 500,000 separate items; it operated four restaurants which served up to 13,000 meals a day. Nothing anywhere else could compare. Perhaps...