Word: ampersand
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...forget that, once we graduate, the seasons will be things we glimpse in passing through our neighbor’s cubicle window. Of course, when we are thrust into the pell-mell melee that is the corporate world, that internship we had at a reputable firm with an ampersand in its title will look nice on our resume. But is this the best use of our time?To some extent, we have convinced ourselves that it is. In his book Bobos in Paradise, columnist David Brooks makes the case that for the current generation of “Bourgeois Bohemians...
...whole ethos is that luxury travel is about having experiences," says James Jayasundera, founder of Ampersand Travel in London, which specializes in customized tours of the Indian subcontinent. Paradoxically, in a country with 1.1 billion people, it can be tricky for visitors to truly connect with even one or two natives. "Traveling by train for short distances has always been a good way for foreigners to engage locals," he says. "Now there are a lot of small hotels run by absolutely fascinating people where guests mingle, sometimes eat together. These are also the best places for meeting upwardly mobile Indians...
...distinct playfulness. Indeed, the Tate show featured some stand-up comedy performances. For One Year Celebration, Huyghe invited several artists and writers to invent new holidays, and the resulting posters proclaim such whimsical additions to the calendar as Celebrate the Shoelace day (March 21) and &the Creation of the Ampersand day (July 6). Yet discussing his work in the chic, spare Paris apartment cum think space he shares with graphic designer Francesca Grassi, Huyghe is all seriousness. In explaining that clever calendar, he launches into a discussion of what he calls "time protocols," raising questions about what an exhibition...
...Darcy, and the recent Bollywood comedy “Bride & Prejudice” had mined so much from the material. While director Joe Wright’s version, “Pride & Prejudice,” adds little to the incomparable plot and adored characters other than an ampersand, the newest adaptation is a luxurious visit to Austen’s always welcoming world. The timeless love story of clever and headstrong Elizabeth Bennett (Keira Knightley) and brooding Mr. Darcy (Matthew MacFadyen) is set against the contrasting rigidity of pre-Victorian England’s deeply ingrained social conventions. Elizabeth...
...into one word, a combination intended to suggest you can’t have one without the other, members of the community say. The person being whipped wants to be whipped as much as his partner wants to whip him. That is why they leave out the ampersand...