Word: aikens
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Jarrell's poems were first published in the mid-1930s, when he was still a student at Vanderbilt University. But it was his ferocious reviews of other poets, particularly in the New Republic and the Nation, that made his name and exacting standards widely known. Deciding that Conrad Aiken had become a lazy poet, Jarrell wrote, "He seems as much at ease as Merlin pulling a quarter from a schoolboy's nose." The best of Jarrell's contemporaries learned to fear his scorn but value his insights. Said Karl Shapiro after Jarrell had roughed him up in print: "I felt...
...time when the record industry is floundering, Idol has discovered unlikely stars such as Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken. What the show understands and the music biz often doesn't, says Cowell, is that "it's personalities, it's conflict, it's all of those things that actually make [performers] interesting." Cowell has led a rebellion against the tyranny of self-esteem that is promoted on talk shows and in selfhelp books--the notion that everyone who tries deserves to win. At bottom, people are booing Cowell for gleefully confronting us with a fundamental truth: some are more...
...store first became a center of literary activity in 1929, when Conrad P. Aiken '11 and his friends started to frequent...
...store first became a center of literary activity in 1929, when Conrad P. Aiken '11 and his friends started to frequent...
...date's dad. He collects art (Chagall, Picasso, Monet and Renoir are favorites because "I don't like contemporary art"), can't dance, lists Frank Sinatra as his favorite musician and takes a break every night with friends and family for Breyers Cookies & Cream in the living room. Clay Aiken would get bored of this guy. Teammate Jason Giambi describes Rodriguez in a way that makes him seem programmed. "I've worked out with Tiger Woods in rehab for my knee this winter, and he and ARod are very similar," says Giambi. "These guys have been planning what they want...