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...latest addition to the Trump oeuvre is much like the Donald himself: a unique blend of hubris and charm. "When I do a deal, it's a reflection of my astuteness as a businessman," he boasts in one of his more modest asides. At their worst, Trump's platitudes sound as if they came out of fortune cookies. ("Wisdom will come provided you give it a chance to develop.") But who can argue with a guy who sent Bernard Madoff packing when the latter came around looking for money: "I had enough going on in my own businesses that...
...Naturally, the quilt was to be a patchwork, a blend of bits on hand. Because my grandmother had always made shirts, pants and dresses for her four daughters when they were children, her walk-in closet was a patchwork paradise. I sewed the fabric squares; Granny insisted that the right angles met in 90-degree perfection. (No wonder my mother became an architect.) The flashing needle tacked together vestiges of white dresses, red-checkered shorts, turquoise blue blouses and a dusty-rose colored skirt. Nothing matched, but that was the point...
...song ends, and it’s all smiles once again as the team critiques each other’s steps. It’s a careful, exact process, an optimal blend of serious assessment and light-hearted banter. And once everything has been said, another song begins...
...Henceforward (1985) Ayckbourn's futuristic blend of A Clockwork Orange and Amadeus: In a blighted future, with gang wars raging outside, a reclusive composer buys a female robot to keep him company, while he struggles to compose his masterpiece. The thrilling 1989 London production (originally starring Iam McKellan) would be hard to duplicate - but someone should...
...Madden took a position as a color commentator for CBS, immediately finding success with his blend of sharp technical insight and muddled diction. Among the classic phrases attributed to him: "He was standing in the hole waiting for something to develop...and WHAP!, he got developed." "Don't worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon." He also coined the phrase "doink...