Word: borgian
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...scene of the poisoning was one of Borgian splendor: her spacious, high-ceilinged bedroom in the 17th century Villa Taverna, the residence of U.S. Ambassadors to Rome. When Ambassador Luce took over in Rome in late April 1953, she loved the bedroom at first sight, noted approvingly that the heavy-beamed ceiling-admired by a long line of predecessors as a fine example of Italian Renaissance décor-had been newly painted. The beams were in terra cotta green, decorated with cluster upon cluster of roses and rosettes. Many coats of heavy paint had been brushed onto the white...
...onetime literary, sometimes sanguinary critic for London's News Chronicle, British Wit Stephen (Gamesmanship} Potter disclosed, in the New York Times, the Borgian tactics of his former trade in a piece called "The Art of Reviewmanship." Essence of the art: "How to be one up on the author without actually tampering with the text." In ex-Critic Potter's sardonic view, the problem boils down to showing that "you yourself . . . should have written the book, if you had the time, and since you hadn't, you are glad that someone has. although it is obvious that...