Word: bohemianism
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...Common Touch. As pints were raised in pubs and Welsh mums wiped away a happy tear, the man of the hour was Tony Armstrong-Jones, the onetime bohemian and free-lancing photographer, who until only recently has had his critics. Once the bloom was off the groom, Britain's royalty-revering public made it plain that it was watching ex-Playboy Tony with a tolerant but suspicious eye, intent on making sure he did right by their Meg. Trouble was, there was little publicly that he could do. Royal protocol made working for a living unthinkable, and Tony...
Joseph Kadane has a careful article explaining what the prisoner's dilemma in game theory means in the Cold War. Richard Bulliet's use of Cennino Cennini to show that the renaissance artist was neither a Bohemian nor a "Renaissance Man" is persuasive. Martin Feldstein's senior honors thesis in Economics is about allocating federal money for medical research, and it displays a thoroughness and a tenacity that lead me to think Mr. Feldstein a good man to have on your side in an argument. And finally, John Campbell's essay on different interpretations of the McCarthy era is breezy...
Poet (and "Mature Bohemian") Ken neth Rexroth, 55, who wrote the libretto, knew that it was "potentially full of corn." but did it because "I'm kind of tired of Freud and Jung in ballet." Adds Director Lew Christensen of the San Francisco Ballet: "It's a good story, and the audience is not belabored with reading pro gram notes to find out what's going on." As the ballet opens, a spinning sun swirling over a landscape like a moon crater gives way to a lush Garden of Eden where two angels. Raphael and Lucifer, poke...
...such a view is by no means universally held. Another long-time denizen of the pier protested vigorously when we suggested that T Wharf once had the reputation of being a center for Bohemians. "That depends on what you mean by Bohemian," she said. "Sure, we used to do some funny things. Like once we all got dressed up in fancy costumes and walked from the Wharf clear up to Scollay into a Hayes-Bick. But they wouldn't serve us. Well, then, when the Megansett Junior Tea Room was out at number 22-23 on the Wharf, we used...
...first to discover the Wharf's potential for residential purposes, but she was soon followed by dozens of Bostonians eager for a window on the sea. The 75-foot-long rooms were divided into 25 by 50 foot spaces, especially useful as studios and flats for artists, writers, and Bohemian seekers of the unusual...