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Vendler published her PhD thesis on the Irish writer William Butler Yeats in 1960, a work that she would turn into her first book three years later. Even as a budding scholar, however, she had to admit to herself that she wasn’t ready to tackle Yeats’ poetry. “I felt I was too young to write about the poems, which were so great,” Vendler says...
...TECHIE JEEVES At the Ritz-Carlton, Kuala Lumpur, an "IT butler" gives advice on everything from crashed software to the in-room sound system. At Singapore's Grand Hyatt, the butler is virtual?you do all your ordering of new towels and other services through TV commands...
...Peninsula in Hong Kong, and a softly lit path helps you find the bathroom. If someone rings while you're caught short, don't worry - the telephone digitally filters out the sound of running water and bathroom echoes. TECHIE JEEVES At the Ritz-Carlton, Kuala Lumpur, an "IT butler" gives advice on everything from crashed software to the in-room sound system. At Singapore's Grand Hyatt, the butler is virtual - you do all your ordering of new towels and other services through TV commands. MOBILE HELP Restaurants at the Tokyo and Otaru Hiltons accept reservations by SMS (from phones...
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...create an ad campaign. "Quick Henry the Flit!" became one of the best-known catch phrases from between the wars. (It lingered decades later in a cartoon, appearing in one of Harvey Kurtzman's magazines - Trump or, more likely, Help! As I recall it, a man summons his butler with the phrase; the butler reappears with an effeminate fellow who sprays the offending bug. The ad line was new to me, as was the word flit to mean homosexual; this is how the child Corliss picked up street wisdom...