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...journeying begins as it should, in libraries, and in particular with a 1927 work, The Way to Xanadu, by the British scholar John Livingston Lowes. He not only traced literary and mythological influences on the poet's imagery, but demonstrated that Coleridge (1772-1834) was a tireless armchair traveller. There was, in fact, a real Xanadu (more commonly called Shangdu) with the remains of real walls and towers. Marco Polo had been there. And there were in the world -- though not in the same place except on Coleridge's bookshelf -- marvellous caves of ice, mighty fountains, rivers that might well...
...loss. Bill did an extraordinary number of things extraordinarily well. He was TIME's drama critic, but while vigorously filling that post, he also wrote extensively about politics, social issues, the media, books (especially the mysteries he devoured) and the handful of nonteam sports of which he was an armchair savant -- tennis, in particular. Between stories he appeared frequently on TV panels -- you name the subject, he always seemed ready to express provocative but well-thought-out opinions -- he lectured, wrote books and free-lanced for other publications. After all that, he still had time for his amazingly wide...
White lilies perfumed the air outside the State Dining Room last Friday afternoon as Hillary Rodham Clinton walked in, sat down in a shiny wooden armchair under a portrait of a pensive Abraham Lincoln and asked, "Are we ready...
...arguing that the ban on gays is not unfortunate, or that it is justified. But I would sooner trust the judgment of a Colin Powell than that of a group of armchair commentators...
...movie handles this paradox with comfortable predictability. Not only does the story tap into the archetypal American dream, it draws its script exclusively from time-honored traditions of red-blooded American slapstick jokes, formulaic characters, and racial stereotypes. Everything is familiar and expected, kind of like an old armchair with beer stains that has been sitting in the family basement forever--not particularly attractive or inviting, but no one ever bothers to move it to the junk heap...